<p>Uh...i always thought the word was "last"...because that word ends the riddle and so completes it nicely.</p>
<p><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 14, 2010 9:50 AM, "DAVID STOCKHOFF" <<a href="mailto:dstockhoff@verizon.net">dstockhoff@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<br><br><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr>
<td valign="top" style="font:inherit">Plausible. <div><br></div><div>Has anyone else thought that the word Wolfe is thinking of when Severian writes about the serpent and sword (some strong allusion right there) "----st" is the word "Christ"?<br>
<br>--- On <b>Tue, 12/14/10, Jerry Friedman <i><<a href="mailto:jerry_friedman@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jerry_friedman@yahoo.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px">
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