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Sergei SOLOVIEV · 25 Nov 2011, 17:29 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: soloviev at irit.fr (Sergei SOLOVIEV)
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:29:53 +0100
Subject: (urth) chenille
In-Reply-To: <4ECFCD67.5030605 at gmail.com>
References: <1322186780.74601.YahooMailClassic at web161805.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
	<4ECFCD67.5030605 at gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4ECFD091.1060105 at irit.fr>

This seems to me interesting idea, James - thanks -

Sergei

James Wynn wrote:
> On 11/24/2011 8:06 PM, Marc Aramini wrote:
>> If you call it a misprision, then explain why he mistakes her for 
>> Chenille there.
>
> Jahlee's mother fed on Chenille. When Jahlee fed on a drunk woman she 
> developed a drunken slur which was more distinctly "Chenille" to the 
> narrator than the sober version. I believe Jahlee-as-Chenille 
> permitted Wolfe to embed a lot of clues about Chenille's relationship 
> to Silk, even though I cannot claim to be absolutely clear on what 
> they all mean.
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