# citing the charge of Jolenta rape

*The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 22 Apr 2003*

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### Michael Andre-Driussi
*22 Apr 2003, 00:23*

> Chris wrote:
> I agree that it's Severian himself who makes the charge, though I think he
> makes it against himself fairly immediately.

"I had been . . . quick and clumsy with Jolenta (whom I might have been
said to have raped, though I believed then and believe still that she
wished it)" (URTH, ch. XXVII, p. 190).

If anything earlier can be found, please bring it to my attention.

=mantis=


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