(urth) chenille

[James Wynn]

On 11/24/2011 8:06 PM, Marc Aramini wrote:
> If you call it a misprision, then explain why he mistakes her for Chenille there.

Jahlee's mother fed on Chenille. When Jahlee fed on a drunk woman she 
developed a drunken slur which was more distinctly "Chenille" to the 
narrator than the sober version. I believe Jahlee-as-Chenille permitted 
Wolfe to embed a lot of clues about Chenille's relationship to Silk, 
even though I cannot claim to be absolutely clear on what they all mean.