(urth) Home Fires and Chelle ** SPOILERS **

[Mr Thalassocrat]

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Dave Tallman <davetallman at msn.com> wrote:

> I have just read "Home Fires" and I was wondering what others thought of
> it. Much is explained, but there are several points left as mysteries. One
> is the true relationship between Chelle Blue and Jane Sims. Another is
> Charlie. In the last few lines we have:
>
> "I'm going on Charlie's picnic, out of the smoke and the dirt, away from
> Mick and the bottles behind the bar, and all the gray faces. I'm going away,
> and I'm not coming back.
>
> They'll tell me when you do, and I'll be there."
>
> What does it mean that she's going on Charlie's picnic and not coming back?
> <snip>


I had the same kinds of question. Plus one other: Why was Rick so determined
to kill Chelle?

On another tack, "Sea shell" is surely some kind of literary shadow-cousin
to Seawrack. Not the same character, obviously, but both lost a left arm,
both attached to older men.
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