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IGJ, Major Spoiler re Silk
My sense of it is that Silk committed suicide (with knife) by himself next to Hyacinth in her coffin.
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IGJ, Major Spoiler re SilkWhorl
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Michael Andre-Driussi
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**** On Tue, 8 Aug 2000 10:06:21 -0700, mantis said:
mantis> My sense of it is that Silk committed suicide (with knife) by mantis> himself next to Hyacinth in her coffin.
That's how I read it too. But what do we then make of the "searching for Silk" passages?
Fernando
Fernando Q. Gouvea
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Fernando Q. Gouvea
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--- Michael Andre-Driussi <mantis at sirius.com> wrote:
My sense of it is that Silk committed suicide (with
knife) by himself next
to Hyacinth in her coffin.
=mantis=
I pretty much agree with Mantis on this one. Although
I think that Silk was at the point of suicide and had
not actually committed the act. The blood mentioned
was from the final sacrifice ala Orpine.
IMO this is the Occam's razor: one transference, two
despondent spirits attempting to cope, some things
happen (to be revealed to some extent or other in
RTW), then Silk's body containing Horn's and Silk's
spirit is abducted by Hari Mau.
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