sepia man as Tilly?

Roy C. Lackey · 10 Aug 2002, 07:26 · from urth-v0208.mbox · original

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From: "Roy C. Lackey" <rclackey at stic.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) sepia man as Tilly?
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 02:26:14 -0500
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mantis wrote:

>But what if the normal sepia man really is a man that neither one has ever
>seen--what if he is Tilly?

It just occurred to me why this can't be--probably, maybe.

"He was one of the tallest men I ever saw, I guess, but most of the time he
stood like he didn't have any chest at all, all hollowed out there, so he
didn't look much taller than the average." (117) Even slouched, Tilly was
above average height.

-Roy

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