# Lifespan of Hierodules

*The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 02 Sep 1998*

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### CRCulver
*02 Sep 1998, 19:36*

Peter Westlake wrote:
<Isn't it only Baldanders who says they have short lives?>

In the tenth year of his autarchy, in the chapter called "Ressurection,"
Severian writes, "old, twisted Father Inire, alive so long beyond the span of
his short-lived kind." After ten years of working with Inire and the noble
Hierodules O,B&F, I'm sure Severian knew what he was talking about, and that
the Hierodules truly live merely a score of years.

Christopher R. Culver <crculver at aol.com>
http://members.aol.com/crculver/index.html
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"The darkest dreams are the ones that come true."
-Warren Defever

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