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On 11/16/2011 6:44 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
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<div style="font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a
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> Anyway, the presence of a "second" Oreb, means that
the Rajan is there <br>
> nearby. And we *do* meet an "old man" (which is how
people refer to him) <br>
> a short time later in Pike's room.</div>
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<div>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).</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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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. <br>
And who is Silk's mentor? Pike. <br>
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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. <br>
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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.<br>
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J.<br>
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