# The fantasy element in "Suzanne Delage" *The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 06 May 1998* > 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. --- ### Peter Westlake *06 May 1998, 12:34* Reading through the Urth archives before joining this list, I came across someone asking what the fantastic element is in "Suzanne Delage". I had wondered that when I first read it, so I read it again, twice. On the first reading, nothing. But on the second pass I came across a sentence that gave me the most extraordinary sensation I've ever had while reading: it "caught my gaze" in the most literal sense imaginable. It's such a major spoiler that I won't mention it right now, especially before being certain about the conventions for spoilers on the list; but does anyone know what I mean? Or am I imagining the whole thing? Peter. Peter Westlake, Harlequin Ltd, Barrington Hall, Barrington, Cambs CB2 5RG. ---