Father Inire

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes · 02 Dec 2011, 18:48 · from 2011-December.txt.gz

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From: danldo at gmail.com (Dan'l Danehy-Oakes)
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 10:48:03 -0800
Subject: (urth) Father Inire
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David Stockhoff wrote:

> "You do not need a physician now," Merryn said. "Someone better is here."
>
> Merryn doesn't say "a better one is here." She says "someone better [than a
> physician] is here. " Therefore, the Cumaean is not a physician.

Ummmm.

Are you sure that Merryn is referring to the Cumaean? Or is she
(perhaps without realizing it) referring to Severian?

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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes

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