# Digest whorl.v011.n013

*The Whorl list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 10 Aug 2000*

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### David Langford
*10 Aug 2000, 09:12*

> Adam Stephanides <adamsteph at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I was reviewing the altar scene, and I just noticed the following
> sentence, where Horn is narrating the manifestation of the Outsider: "I
> knew that he was there, that if I turned, I would see them." (285)
> 
> Is that "them" a typo?  If not, what does it mean?

When first manifesting at the opening of =Nightside=, the Outsider speaks 
with multiple -- "paired" -- voices. Wolfe may have the Trinity in mind, 
or two of its components.

Dave

David Langford
ansible at cix.co.uk | http://www.ansible.co.uk/

*This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.

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