Close Reading: Torturer Chapter 1

Chris Mulder · 09 Sep 2006, 04:02 · from 2006-September.txt.gz

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From: chris_mulder at sbcglobal.net (Chris Mulder)
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 21:02:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (urth) Close Reading: Torturer Chapter 1
In-Reply-To: <200609081551.43776.ddjones at riddlemaster.org>
Message-ID: <20060909040232.9621.qmail at web82103.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Daniel D Jones <ddjones at riddlemaster.org> wrote:    
Or perhaps it was a test to SEE if his loyalty to the guild would hold. If he 
got through this, he could be trusted with anything. If not, then he 
obviously wasn't cut out for a life in the guild, and the guild found this 
out early rather than late.

  I agree with Jones' analysis.  Thecla was a test for Severian, which he failed.

  cm
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