(urth) Hut/Ultan's Library/Catherine

James Wynn crushtv at gmail.com
Sun Apr 5 16:47:36 PDT 2009


>"Again I seemed to hear bronze, and quite suddenly I felt that he
>and I were dead, and that the darkness surrounding us was
>grave soil pressing in about our eyes, grave soil through which
>the bell called us to worship at whatever shrines may exist below
>ground. The livid woman I had seen dragged from her grave
>rose before me so vividly that I seemed to see her face in the
>almost luminous whiteness of the figure who spoke. "

>Why weird? Ultan is a Vodalarian, and has eaten part of
>the corpse. He is hardly a great exception.

"...and quite suddenly I felt that he and I were dead..."

I'm not sure I understand this explanation. At the time of this event, 
Severian had not eaten any corpse; so, why did he feel that he himself was 
dead? I suppose it is not absolutely required, but this pairing seems to 
imply they were "were dead" for the same reason...whatever it was.

J. 




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