Digest whorl.v010.n056

Jim Jordan · 29 Nov 1999, 09:27 · from whorl-v0010.mbox · original

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From: Jim Jordan <jbjordan at gnt.net>
Subject: Re: (whorl) Re: Digest whorl.v010.n056
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 09:27:41
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Slimorina wrote:

>I think you are correct, but that this is not the secret. I also think that
>"hanging around and being near" doesn't have much, if anything to do with
>it; it's the actual ingestion of blood. The two people we know Q bit had in
>common only their youth. Teasel was a young girl and whashisname, Oosik's
>son, was probably no more than 18. And he certainly got a gleam in his eye
>inspecting those troops of probably mostly teenage girls. But Horn's "No, =
of
>course not!" seems to imply that the actual secret is something else. I al=
so
>think that your premise is too straight-forward and goody-goody for Wolfe.

Good poynts. Guess we gotta wait....

Nutricious


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