(urth) Dorcas the Forgetless or Baldanders the Forgetful?

David Stockhoff dstockhoff at verizon.net
Tue Sep 7 15:34:09 PDT 2010


  Presumably.

I like all three theories, however.

On 9/7/2010 2:13 PM, Ryan Dunn wrote:
> On Sep 7, 2010, at 1:55 PM, Lee Berman wrote:
>
>> When Severian first meets Dorcas, she "swallows" before she says her name. I don't know
>> if gut-level intuition has any advantage, but in both cases, on re-reading, my intuition
>> told me that her hesitation is because she goes by another name. A nickname which, for
>> obvious reasons, can't be revealed at this time in the story.
>>
>> Not a very exciting answer but I lean toward that one.
>
> Would the nickname be 'Cas, which the boatman uses for his lost wife?
>
> ...ryan
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