Subject: (urth) Silk & Malrubius
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 15:28:13 +1000
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A small point re Silk & Malrubius. I hink the reason people see a =
physical connection between them is the scene in Ch 19 of RTTW where =
Gurloes is chastising Sev; Oreb flies in sqwarking; Sev tells Gurloes it =
is Malrubius' bird; Gurloes hits Sev; Silk comes up behind Gurloes who =
panics when he turns & sees him.
Clealry, Sev doesn't really think Silk is Malrubius. He knows Silk is =
the same person he met previously, at which time he clearly did not =
identify Silk with Malrubius, and accepted that Silk was an astral =
visitor from another world - in Ch 13. I think the passage in Ch. 13 =
holds the clue here.=20
Silk fashions himself a torturer's robe bearing the same decorations as =
Gurloes' (whom he must have met before this scene, though we don't get =
to hear the details). Presumably he uses the same robe and decorations =
in Ch. 19. These decorations (the red trim to the hood mentioned in Ch =
19?) must be those appropriate for the Head of the Order.=20
In Ch. 19, what happens is this, I'm fairly sure. Sev sees Silk =
approaching up behind Gurloes; in the shadows, hooded and ornamented as =
the Head of the Order, Silk could be taken for the figure of Malrubius, =
to a suggestible mind such as Gurloes' may very well possess. =
Quick-thinking Sev plants the suggestion, and cowardly Gurloes panics at =
the supposed apparition.
I don't think there's any need to assume a very close facial resemblance =
between Silk and Malrubius: tall, white hair, shadowed by a hoood, =
decorations etc are enough for the trick to work.
Somtimes GW can be quite annoying with these little red herrings.
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A small point re Silk & Malrubius. =
I hink the=20
reason people see a physical connection between them is the scene in Ch =
19 of=20
RTTW where Gurloes is chastising Sev; Oreb flies in sqwarking; Sev tells =
Gurloes=20
it is Malrubius' bird; Gurloes hits Sev; Silk comes up behind Gurloes =
who panics=20
when he turns & sees him.
Clealry, Sev doesn't really think Silk =
is=20
Malrubius. He knows Silk is the same person he met previously, at which =
time he=20
clearly did not identify Silk with Malrubius, and accepted that Silk was =
an=20
astral visitor from another world - in Ch 13. I think the passage in Ch. =
13=20
holds the clue here.
Silk fashions himself a torturer's robe =
bearing the=20
same decorations as Gurloes' (whom he must have met before this scene, =
though we=20
don't get to hear the details). Presumably he uses the same robe and =
decorations=20
in Ch. 19. These decorations (the red trim to the hood mentioned in Ch =
19?) must=20
be those appropriate for the Head of the Order.
In Ch. 19, what happens is this, I'm =
fairly sure.=20
Sev sees Silk approaching up behind Gurloes; in the shadows, hooded and=20
ornamented as the Head of the Order, Silk could be taken for the figure =
of=20
Malrubius, to a suggestible mind such as Gurloes' may very well possess. =
Quick-thinking Sev plants the suggestion, and cowardly Gurloes panics at =
the=20
supposed apparition.
I don't think there's any need to =
assume a very=20
close facial resemblance between Silk and Malrubius: tall, white hair, =
shadowed=20
by a hoood, decorations etc are enough for the trick to =
work.
Somtimes GW can be quite annoying with =
these little=20
red herrings.
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