<div dir="ltr"><div>It is Marsch's origin story overlain on the historical tale. </div><div><br></div><div>There is a wonderful scene where the cat is running around trying to bite him in the third novella and he narrowly escapes, and both the audience and Marsch are unaware of the severe consequences of the bite, giving him a few more days. He is bitten on the major Rogation Day.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danldo@gmail.com" target="_blank">danldo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I think an important point is being missed here. People keep treating "A Story" as if it were reliable. Give some thought to who wrote it and why and then decide whether (and to what extent) you think it's reliable.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>
<div><br></div>-- <br>Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
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