(urth) The Sorcerer's House Questions (*Major Spoilers*)

[Mr Thalassocrat]

On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Matthew Keeley
<matthew.keeley.1 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Just finished reading the new book; it seems a lot clearer than AEG, but,
> being Wolfe, there are quite a few unasked questions raised by my first
> reading. But first I should insert spoiler space, as I will be discussing
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> 3. I think we can all agree that George didn't really write the last letter
> and that Bax is going to take his place. Winker follows "George", for one
> thing. And "George" seems to know a lot about Victorian fiction, the subject
> of one of Bax's degrees. So why is the real George absent? Did Bax kill him?
> Or did George run off to faerie to try and take command, as he said he would
> do in an earlier letter?
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Maybe Bax's intention from the first was to lure George to Medicine Hat,
kill him & take over his non-ex-felon life (and money). Bax is a "revenge
served cold" sort of guy. He screwed George out of his share of the aunt's
inheritance because George hit him, back in the day. Later, George had him
imprisoned. Now Bax is aiming for bigger payback.

In his first letter to his con-buddy he presents George as a possible source
of funds - that's what he sees in George; money. Bax is very interested in
money. He cultivates George's bubble-headed wife to ensure a smooth
transition. For 7 years he enjoys George's assets and wife (while still
having access to the face-fox's charms).

After 7 years, "Bax" is legally dead & he can reclaim the house and bank
accounts via "Bax's" will. Perhaps George's wife's charms are fading. Time
to disappear, go back to the house and start a life in Faery ...
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