(urth) Catherine

[David Stockhoff]

On 10/24/2011 11:07 PM, Lee Berman wrote:
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> I think that is very insightful. The Pelerines really might be involved. There are a few
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> clues that they may be more involved with witches than we might expect. Anyway there is a
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> mysterious "Red Tower" which is not so easy to identify the residents of as the other
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> mentioned towers. Perhaps this Red Tower is the home of the Pelerines and perhaps this
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> tower is one of those around the Atrium of Time.

Certainly the Pelerines are a good candidate to occupy the Red Tower. 
Everyone in the Citadel is a relic of a past age.

> To answer a question by David Stockhoff, no I don't think this 
> beheading (fake ones or real one) is part of Catherine's torture 
> sentence. I think the penalty for adultery is strangulation and in the 
> Citadel, this is accomplished by the guild using Allowin's Necklace. 
> That's why the corpse has a "livid face". Severian does not have this 
> device in Thrax and thus must use his hands (though of course he stops 
> before completing the action).

I agree about adultery and strangulation by whatever means. But I may be 
confused about something. As I understand it, you believe Katharine, who 
was beheaded, to be Catherine, who was strangled. Right?