(urth) Babbiehorn?: Was: a sincere question mostly for roy

[Gerry Quinn]

From: António Pedro Marques 
> David Stockhoff wrote (18-11-2011 14:33):
> > On 11/18/2011 6:40 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> >> There’s an interesting metaphor relating to a black cock killed by Pike,
> >> spraying blood over the room as if that would keep him alive. That’s Horn
> >> and his writing, I think. He searches for Silk as much as he dares (though
> >> not by sending letters, which he himself declares a farce) but if he finds
> >> him he (Horn) will be gone. When he runs out of ink he’ll be gone anyway.
>
> > Or when he runs out of paper.
> 
> Or Oreb's quills.
Whatever – when he stops writing he’ll be gone.  Or at least that’s how I take it.  The specific metaphor used (the cock’s blood) related to ink, but a metaphor relating to paper or quills would have worked fine too.
- Gerry Quinn
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