The Conversationalist

Greetings: So I'm up to chapter 8 of "Shadow" when I come across an odd typo. The title of the chapter is, "The Conversationalist". However, on page 60 (Tor/Orb edition), I come across the following: (begin quoted section) "Your'e in luck," Roche told me. "I don't know how you worked this, but thank you." "Worked what?" "A trip to the Echopraxia and a woman for each of us. I know you know--Master Gurloes told me he'd already notified you." "I had forgotten, and anyway I wasn't sure he meant it. Are we going to walk? It must be a long way." "Not as long as you probably think, but I told you we have funds. There will be fiacres at the Bitter Gate. There always are--people are continually coming and going, though you wouldn't think it back in our little corner." To make conservation, I told him what the Chatelaine Thecla had said that many people in the House Absolute did not know we existed. (end quoted section) Conservation? Conversation, no? A typo, to be sure, but when you read something by Wolfe, even the typos make you question whether they are typos or some sort of subtle hint/humor. Fred Kiesche (FPK3) My books are water; those of great geniuses are wine. Everybody drinks water. (Mark Twain, "Notebook") Over 7,000 postings served! See The Eternal Golden Braid (http://theeternalgoldenbraid.blogspot.com/ ).