TSH: I liked it!

Thomas Bitterman · 27 Mar 2010, 00:59 · from 2010-March.txt.gz

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From: tom at bitterman.net (Thomas Bitterman)
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:59:14 -0400
Subject: (urth) TSH: I liked it!
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On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Gwern Branwen <gwern0 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Kieran Mullen <kieran at nhn.ou.edu> wrote:
>
> >  The picture of Ted that Doris has looks like the man who stopped Iuean
> from
> > beating up Baxter (p.134).   That man is later identified as the Black,
> the
> > father of Iuean and Emlyn.  However, Doris does not seem to know about
> > faerie.  (On occasion I suspected her of knowing more than she ever let
> on.)
> >    I think that Ted and Black are also twins, one magical and the other
> not
> > (as Black himself states is often the case).   "He" is also seen talking
> to
> > Lupine and vanishing.   I don't know if this is Ted or Black.  What is
> the
> > wet thing left behind on Doris's bed with the initials TAG?
>
> I've not figured that one out either. It's not a body part, and it's
> apparently square or rectangular, and is likely made out of wood or
> metal, since paper wouldn't stand being wet and there aren't many
> usable materials which could have initials stamped on it. I thought
> that it might be the triannulus, but the shape isn't right.
>

It's a monogrammed handkerchief.   She mentions (in the next paragraph but
one) that she was sure Ted was crying.  That's why it was wet.
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