guild mystery

Roy C. Lackey · 10 Feb 2009, 08:19 · from 2009-February.txt.gz

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From: rclackey at stic.net (Roy C. Lackey)
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:19:12 -0600
Subject: (urth) guild mystery
References: <516752.2389.qm at web50306.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <00b501c98b58$4518b5c0$03d24a0c@rclackey>

Philip Authier wrote:
>>Hi I am new to the urth list and I have halfway completed my third read
thru of BOTNS. In each read thru I have looked for information on the guild
mystery that Severian supposedly revealed. Can anyone point me in the right
direction?<<

"And the secret is only that we torturers obey."

See the last page of chapter XXXI, SWORD.

-Roy

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