# Thecla as transvestite *The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 26 May 2006* > 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. --- ### b sharp *26 May 2006, 13:04* I was always amused and puzzled by a scene, in a Severian dream, where he turns into Thecla and she is pleased to find herself in men's clothing. A recent web surf showed me that the original Thecla travelled around with Paul, with her hair cut and jewelry removed, so she could pass as a man and not be molested (by rapists or suitors). Before that, there is a lot of imagery of her sitting in a window (trays and a rood?) to listen to Paul's preaching when she wasn't allowed to go out. bsharp ---