(urth) The Two Katharines

[Ryan Dunn]

On Aug 16, 2010, at 2:32 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:

> Well, I see the fact that the maid springs up, picks up the head, and
> walks off with it...
> 
> ..._and that nobody in the Guild appears to be surprised by this_...
> 
> ...as militating against the idea that someone was actually beheaded.
> One could suppose that Severian resurrected his own maid, but not that
> resurrection has been going on for all these years.
> 
> So even if someone had pranked Sev and substituted a true sword for a
> false one, perhaps thinking to get him to kill his own mother, those
> people would have been quite startled at the resurrection.
> 
> Nobody is surprised by a resurrection. Ergo, no resurrection takes place.


You're the best. Simply.

...ryan