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size="3">James Wynn-<br>
The valet had been altered by Incus. Thus, "satisfaction" at
asking how long since he had received his wages.</font></font><br>
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Gerry Quinn-<br>
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size="3"><font face="Arial" size="2">No, he was alered by
Fulmar with the help of Incus. "The valet had been a most
creditable little project, and one Fulmar could never have
brought to its wholly successful conclusion without his
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Tomayto Tomahto.<br>
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size="3"><font face="Arial" size="2">I don't see what the
gender of either chem has to do with anything.</font></font></font></div>
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Me neither. When Incus writes "our friend Bee. Bee himself." and
then decides "Fulmar would be utterly thrown off the scent by <span
class="moz-txt-underscore"><span class="moz-txt-tag">_</span>the
male pronoun<span class="moz-txt-tag">_</span></span>", he is not
referring to the sex of any chem. But there is no reference to
Bittersweet in the first email.<br>
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<font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font
face="Arial" size="2">The message was: "I can't make it
tonight." The rest is chit-chat. </font></font></font><br>
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Why not just say, "I can't make it tonight due to Chapter duties"?
Why reference Bittersweet at all? Once again, there is no mention of
Bittersweet in the first email. Yet it was considered riskier than
the second where you suppose Incus is employing a code name for
Bittersweet. <br>
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<font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font
face="Arial" size="2">And why would Incus be planting clues
of this kind anyway? He really wanted to see Bittersweet's
porter, that is made clear in the text. Why does he want to
make puzzles for Fulmar?</font></font></font><br>
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Incus is attempting to reveal herself to Fulmar, "my dear friend".
It seems, she is in love and knows the relationship will not
progress as long as Fulmar continues to consider it fraternal. (It's
not "Victor Victoria", it's "Yentl".)<br>
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She wants to impart the information in a way that Fulmar will come
to the conclusion himself. She is afraid of shocking him.<br>
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It's interesting to me that you presume the letters have to do with
a desire to see Bittersweet's demonstration. In my experience, most
readers think Incus is attempting to reveal a homosexual love for
Fulmar. I hope I at least shown that that is not likely. <br>
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