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

[James Wynn]

On 11/16/2011 6:44 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> *From:* James Wynn <mailto:crushtv at gmail.com>
>
> > Anyway, the presence of a "second" Oreb, means that the Rajan is there
> > nearby. And we *do* meet an "old man" (which is how people refer to 
> him)
> > a short time later in Pike's room.
> Perhaps Silk is right about Oreb jumping down to the kitchen garden.  
> Or perhaps there is some other explanation for what he saw (seemingly 
> a bird, behind a curtain, flying out an open window).
> But one thing stands out here.  Whatever they call him in Gaon, the 
> Rajan is 43.  When Pike died, he had a son who was over 50.

Okay. He's a squinty-eyed forty-three year old with long white hair 
whose appearance is marginally affected by the way the thinks of himself.
And who is Silk's mentor? Pike.

IMO, what is established is that Pike's ghost was the Rajan. Believing 
the Wolfe the author intended that Oreb hopped  into Silk's room, jumped 
out the window, and then steadfastly lied about it is simply not 
tenable. That's not a Wolfe story. That's not anybody's story.

If you have an alternate explanation, I'm all ears. Andrew Mason has 
posed that maybe it was Quetzal. I can't imagine that would appeal to 
you since *wouldn't Wolfe has followed that up with some comment about 
it*? And, anyway, could Quetzal have been mistaken for a night chough? 
Still, if you have an better explanation of auctorial intent, I'm ready 
to consider it. Mine attempts to explain everything going on that night.

J.
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