Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 11:19:16 -0600
From: James Jordan 
Subject: Re: (urth) More on Silk-Horn's eating habits

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At 07:54 AM 2/19/2002, you wrote:
>On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Tom Foster wrote:
>
> > One thing that struck me as slightly
> > sinister is a sentence at the end of OBW. The narrator writes "Brother and
> > Sister should have made me feel younger, as the girl did. I felt old
> > instead". It isn't clear who the 'girl' he is referring to might be
> > (Seawrack?), but I think that one could interpret this statement in several
> > ways...
>
>I think "the girl" there is the concubine the Rajan escaped with.  I
>agree, that sentence does lend itself to sinister interpretation.

Maybe, but I think the simplest is the best here. An old man with a young 
concubine is surely going to feel younger. And being around little children 
also makes an old man feel younger. Or, such experiences can make one feel 
one's age. In fact, depending on one's mood and the time of the day, one 
can go back and forth. Wolfe's an Old Guy now, and I'm sure he feels 
younger around his grandchildren. (I assume no concubines are present in 
his life!).

Nutria


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At 07:54 AM 2/19/2002, you wrote:

On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Tom Foster
wrote:


> One thing that struck me as slightly

> sinister is a sentence at the end of OBW. The narrator writes
"Brother and

> Sister should have made me feel younger, as the girl did. I felt
old

> instead". It isn't clear who the 'girl' he is referring to
might be

> (Seawrack?), but I think that one could interpret this statement in
several

> ways...


I think "the girl" there is the concubine the Rajan escaped
with.  I

agree, that sentence does lend itself to sinister
interpretation.


Maybe, but I think the simplest is the best here. An old man with a young
concubine is surely going to feel younger. And being around little
children also makes an old man feel younger. Or, such experiences can
make one feel one's age. In fact, depending on one's mood and the time of
the day, one can go back and forth. Wolfe's an Old Guy now, and I'm sure
he feels younger around his grandchildren. (I assume no concubines are
present in his life!).


Nutria



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