sorry - relic from the hand of God

maa32 · 17 Dec 2002, 14:02 · from urth-v0212.mbox · original

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From: maa32 <maa32 at dana.ucc.nau.edu>
Subject: (urth) sorry - relic from the hand of God
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 07:02:05 -0700
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Sorry my previous message was so infuriating.  There was no interview, ther=
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is nothing to cut and paste.  On the back of the Christmas card that Mr. Wo=
lfe=20
sent me, he scrawled a few personal words that answered one of my questions=
. =20
Very disturbing words that I feel it would be a betrayal to share with the=20
online community. =20
I guess I bugged Wolfe too much for a year (or maybe I am one of his favori=
te=20
people - I don't know).  The last thing I want to do is have a bunch of=20
posters bothering Mr. Wolfe with the same question, so I am going to go bac=
k=20
to the books and look for solid evidence to present and see if I can get=20
someone else to come to the same conclusion.  What would you do, if you fee=
l=20
that saying something (and online even?!) would be betraying your only true=20
hero in the world?  I know he only told me what he did because I asked EXAC=
TLY=20
the right question.  It feels like one of those Catch 22 positions, and I'm=20
not sure I like it.
I feel like an unworthy sot who has been given a relic like a whole skeleto=
n=20
of Christ.  Give me a little time to look over the books over my Christmas=20
vacation.  I think Mr. Wolfe likes his privacy and his mystery, and I have =
no=20
idea why he decided to answer me, except that I was getting close (but oh s=
o=20
far).  I will respond to a few posters individually. All I ask is that you=20
please, please, please don't bother Mr. Wolfe and make him mad at me.  Plea=
se.
 I beg you.  The letters I share with him are the most special part of my l=
ife=20
now, and I don't ever want him to be mad at me and stop writing.
Marc Aramini

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