(urth) chenille

[James Wynn]

Well, Chenille's hair is actually brown. It is colored red. So Jahlee's 
red hair would have to reflect the way Chenille thought of herself.

However, I believe Wolfe /is/ sending a message regarding red hair 
although I can't say quite what it is  (Silk's reddish-blonde beard, 
Rose's hair, Chenille's dyed hair).

According to "The Vampire: His Kith and Kin" red-hair was a feature of 
the Typhonians, the human sacrificial victims of Osiris. I think the red 
hair is supposed to connect characters to Typhon in some way,  but can't 
put the pieces in place.

> António Pedro Marques wrote:
> It's a fact that Chenille is red and Jahlee's hair is constantly 
> referred to as 'sorrel'.
>
>
>> Sergei SOLOVIEV wrote:
>> This seems to me interesting idea, James - thanks -
>>> James Wynn wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>> Marc Aramini wrote:
>>>> If you call it a misprision, then explain why he mistakes her for
>>>> Chenille there.