Catherine

David Stockhoff · 25 Oct 2011, 12:23 · from 2011-October.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:23:55 -0400
Subject: (urth) Catherine
In-Reply-To: <4EA65B36.1090202 at clueland.com>
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On 10/25/2011 2:46 AM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
>
> If the beheading isn't part of Catherine's sentence, how are they 
> allowed to do it? It is repeated several times that they may not 
> increase or lessen the penalties of their clients. If it is just a 
> stage beheading, why not have anyone do it? They could hire it done, 
> or have an apprentice in drag play the martyr.
>
> I am thinking perhaps there is a double illusion: he is not given a 
> real sword nor just a wooden prop, but something that still draws real 
> blood from real flesh without being fatal. The business with the head 
> and the fuligin drape are as read, but the chrism is true. The 
> hesitation would be because he detects something amiss even beyond his 
> nerves.

All I can tell is that beheading was Katharine's sentence, not Catherine's.

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