# The Bolds in PEACE *The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 16 Aug 1999* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### Alex Groce *16 Aug 1999, 13:19* I've found the answer to one of the first questions I ever asked on the list--whether Eleanor Bold's name in PEACE being the name of the character in BARCHESTER TOWERS had any significance. Apparently, I hadn't reread PEACE since becoming a Trollope fan. On page 77 of the Orb edition, Weer mentions that Eleanor was "as outspoken as the judge's favorite author could have wished," and on 79 Eleanor states that Stewart Blaine came to the Bold house to "play chess with Poppa and talk about Dickens and Anthony Trollope." So, Barbara Black (nee Bold) and Eleanor are named after the Warden's daughter and her sister-in-law in BARCHESTER TOWERS. For whatever that is worth. I'm also gathering some evidence for my hypothesis that Weer's ghost is woken up at a time when America has (for whatever reason) reverted to wilderness, presumably a LONG time after he died. "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free." John 8:32 ``` Alex David Groce (agroce at cs.cmu.edu) Ph.D. Student, Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~agroce ``` --- ### William H. Ansley *16 Aug 1999, 22:58 · follows Alex Groce* > So, Barbara Black (nee Bold) and Eleanor are named > after the Warden's daughter and her sister-in-law in BARCHESTER TOWERS. Wonderful. I always welcome _Peace_ news on this list. Is there any other tie in between _Peace_ and _Barchester Towers_? > For whatever that is worth. I'm also gathering some evidence for my > hypothesis that Weer's ghost is woken up at a time when America has (for > whatever reason) reverted to wilderness, presumably a LONG time after he > died. I will be very interested to see your evidence whenever you decide to share it. William Ansley ---