From: Derek Bell <dbell@maths.tcd.ie>
Subject: Re: (whorl) Re: Digest whorl.v006.n010
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 19:25:09 +0100


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In message <199706261856.LAA25244@lists1.best.com>, Kieran Mullen writes:
>    To me Silk has more of a Mosaic flavor to his character than Christic.
>He leads his people out of bondage to a promised planet.  However, he
>does not get to walk in the Land himself.  I mean, "Exodus"?  The burning
>bush?  

	Maybe I'm stretching the comparison too far, but could Silk
have a brother high up in the Chapter - analogous to Aaron, the High
Priest, Moses' brother?

	Tercel