(urth) Patera Incus

[James Wynn]

> Lee-   a brief comment on  your Patera Incus post. Thanks for posting it. It does
> seem like a similar process to the one in which I identify Father Inire in various guises. There
> are just a constellation of tiny clues. None by itself means much, but together they become hard to
> ignore. You know SOMETHING is going on. And I like the conclusion that Patera Incus is a woman. It
> seems very Wolfean to me. My intuitive impression, that he was a secretly a gay priest, is not such a
> shocking revelation, even in the real world. And not one worthy of subtle clues in a Wolfe book.

Well, it wouldn't be much of a secret and it is hard to imagine that 
either the Charter or Vironese society would care much. Spider certainly 
doesn't bother to hide his preferences. Incus is pretty open in accusing 
Gulo of having homosexual inclinations.

But for a woman to be an augur. Well, that would be unacceptable.  That 
would bring more than a handful of problems if it were 
revealed...especially with Incus's extra small hands.

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