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Blue cheeks are cheeks with one-day stubble (if you have black hair
and pale skin).<br>
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Otherwise, I agree. The Solitaire question is especially
interesting, since Wolfe could not possibly have slipped those in
without working out a system. An elector is an HRE prince
(archbishop/count/duke/margrave/king), thus probably taking the
place of the jack. <br>
<br>
I can only assume, given the milieu, that the king is an autarch,
who of course has no queen so the queen becomes a patroness. This
sounds like an ecclesiastical rank but it could mean "patrona" (city
patroness) or female "patron saint."<br>
<br>
Either way, one must wonder who it is that the elector elects. Could
the autarchy originally have been at least theoretically elective? <br>
<br>
(There seem to be very few noble titles in the Commonwealth; the
highest title I can recall is "waldgrave." The autarch can't allow
any ranks near his own.)<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/16/2013 3:54 PM, Antonin Scriabin
wrote:<br>
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<div>Well, "<span
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New Roman',serif;font-size:14.4px;line-height:18px">bluer
of cheek" is a variation on the term "blue-blood", of
course a reference to nobility ... you could see the
surface veins of those who, because of their stature in
society, had very pale skin (they didn't have to work
outside at physical labor, thus acquiring a tan). <br>
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<span
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New Roman',serif;font-size:14.4px;line-height:18px">In
Solitaire, a black (or red) Jack is placed "on top" of a
Queen of the opposite color (and a different suit,
necessarily) ... so perhaps the "elector" is the Jack and
the "patroness" is the Queen?<br>
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<span
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New Roman',serif;font-size:14.4px;line-height:18px">"Theocenter"
might simply mean "godhead", or a reference to the oneness
and simplicity thereof, as the root of all existence, in a
Judeo-Christian sense. But don't quote me.<br>
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<span
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New Roman',serif;font-size:14.4px;line-height:18px">Not sure
about the other one, I'll have to page through my copy at home
to get the full context.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Daniel
Otto Jack Petersen <span dir="ltr"><<a
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href="mailto:danielottojackpetersen@gmail.com"
target="_blank">danielottojackpetersen@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div dir="ltr">Got this alert from the Goodreads Gene Wolfe
group:<br>
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href="https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1614149-help-some-details-in-the-shadow?utm_medium=email&utm_source=comment_instant#comment_88705259"
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<div>"<span
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">I
am a SF editor & Wolfe fan in China, and we are
trying to publish The Book of New Sun in Chinese. I've
done a lot of work in reading and translation , yet
there are still some sentences I can't understand.
Hope I can get some help here. </span><br
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">
<br
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">
<span
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">THE
HOUSE AZURE </span><br
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">
<span
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">While
I was undressing I said, “Nevertheless, we all seek to
discover what is real. Why is it? Perhaps we are drawn
to the theocenter. That’s what the hierophants
say,that only that is true.”</span><br
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">
<br
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">
<span
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">what
does "theocenter" mean? I can't find this word in
dictionary nor can I google it. and what does the
whole sentence mean?</span><br
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">
<span
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">--------------------------------------------</span><br
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">
<span
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">THE
LAST YEAR </span><br
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">
<span
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">I
carried them to her, and she said my beard had shot up
like them, and I should be bluer of cheek than the run
of common men, and the next day begged my pardon for
it, saying I was that already. </span><br
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">
<br
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">
<span
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">what
does "bluer of cheek"and " run of common men" mean
here?</span><br
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">
<span
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">-----------------------------------------</span><br
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">
<span
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">DORCAS </span><br
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">
<span
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">“Your
pardon, sieur,” he said. “But I can’t come no nearer.
Wet she may be, but she gets too dry for me, or you
couldn’t walk upon it. </span><br
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">
<br
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">
<span
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">Does
"she" refer to the boat or Cas' body? what does the
sentence mean?</span><br
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">
<br
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">
<span
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">------------------------------------------</span><br
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">
<span
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">THE
PLAY </span><br
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">
<span
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">confirm
the outcome of a love affair by putting the elector of
one suit atop the patroness of another</span><br
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">
<br
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">
<span
style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times
New
Roman',serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:18px">If
the word suit refer to the some card game, then what
does "elector"and "patroness"mean?" </span><span
class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all">
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Daniel Otto Jack Petersen
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