More Perils of Agia

Alex David Groce · 15 Oct 1998, 16:14 · from urth-v0020.mbox · original

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From: "Alex David Groce" <adgroce at eos.ncsu.edu>
Subject: Re: (urth) More Perils of Agia
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 16:14:14
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I too have never doubted Agia's involvement, and it seems fairly clear (to =
me
at least) that looking for the Claw is The Plausible Explanation for her
digging in Severian's handy sabertache of holding...

On Oct 15, 11:17am, Charles Dye wrote:
> Subject: (urth) More Perils of Agia
> A few digests back, Robert Borski propounded:
>
> >Because I've
> >never believed Agia's involvement; if she's not looking for coins as her
> >brother suggests when Sev comes to visit her and Agilus in his cell, I
> >believe she's looking for Sev's whetstone, which she knows is in his
> >sabertache.
>
> To which I asked:
>
> >What good would the whetstone do Agilus?  His cell door ("merely wood
> >bound with iron") locks from the outside!
>
> I've assumed that she's going for the Claw in hopes of rescuing Agilus,
> of course.  Either she believes it has some mystic power to free
> prisoners ("All the things he is supposed to have done himself") or
> else she hopes to use it to bribe any guard she can't seduce.
>
> But it occurs to me that your theory can still be salvaged.  If
> Agia isn't trying to filch the Claw, then she must be after the
> keys.  We know S. has the door keys; where else would he carry them
> but his sabretache?  Agia doubtless assumes that he has the key to
> Agilus's chains as well.  (I don't think he *does* -- Severian is
> only the executioner, not the jailer.  However, Agia wouldn't make
> that distinction even if she weren't frantic.)
>
> raster at highfiber.com
>
>
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>
>-- End of excerpt from Charles Dye



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