"My father's mounted guard"

Matthew Keeley · 08 Oct 2008, 18:59 · from 2008-October.txt.gz

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From: matthew.keeley.1 at gmail.com (Matthew Keeley)
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 14:59:27 -0400
Subject: (urth) "My father's mounted guard"
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If it's any help, this particular sentence has been discussed before:
http://www.urth.net/urth/archives/v0019/0025.shtml
-Matt

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Bennewitz <witz at trog.org> wrote:

> In Claw chap XXV, Severian is having life memories before he falls asleep.
> while there is obviously the potential for Thecla memories to intermix
> here, this following passage is still confusing:
>
> "I played again with pebbles in the courtyard beside the fallen curtain
> wall, as Thecla dodged the hooves of my father's mounted guard."
>
> Who's Father?
>
> Do any of the other 'interruptions' from Thecla's memory happen mid
> sentence like this?  I searched the archives and found that this was
> suggested.
> I find it problematic that the narrative voice would change in mid
> sentence.
> Even if the memory is Thecla's why would she be dodging the feet of her
> father's guard?
>
> IS this tidbit pointing to Severian's father as Autarch or some other
> Exultant family?
>
>
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