# "Hour of Trust" typo

*The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 24 Feb 2002*

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### Roy C. Lackey
*24 Feb 2002, 03:25*

>>> From: Adam Stephanides <adamsteph at earthlink.net>
>>> fire that engulfed and scared and clung..."; "scared" is a typo for
>>> "seared," I take it.

>> I thought it was a typo for "scarred."

> That was my first thought too, but it doesn't really fit; if Peters dies
> where he falls there's no time for the fire to "scar" him.

You're right, Adam. It's a typo for "seared" in the _Timescape_  "original
publication" paperback, p171.

-Roy

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