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3. The Slender Slut -- a book Phil would like -- recalls the final words of
the previous chapter. Perhaps Armande's presence represents
D. Barton Johnson wrote:
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> Date: Friday, August 06, 2004 2:38 PM +0900
> From: Akiko Nakata <a-nakata@courante.plala.or.jp>
> To: chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu
> Subject: TT-10 Introductory Notes
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29.10 ff "It was QUEER to recall...I had looked forward to seeing the great
man at last in the FLESH....what a grand sight R presented--
his handsome chauffeur...his black bearded secretary supporting
him" Am I the only one to feel this passage is a little, well, queer?
> 29.20: his black-bearded secretary: A pirate image. Tamworth is called "a
> brigand" on the following page. Cf. "a black patch masked the
> grim captain's left eye" (Ch. 26).
>
> 30.06-14: The illusory quality of the entire event was enhanced by the
> appearance and
> speech of the two characters. That monumental man with his clayey makeup
>
> 30.13-14: as if moved with his chair by Sherlock's
> concealed landlady: As Brian Boyd mentions in the LoA edition notes, it
> quotes "The Empty House." A reason why from a SH story could be found in
> Conan Doyle's enthusiasm in Spiritualism.
>
> 30.16-20: the reality of Armande, whose image> shone through the
show at various levels,
"shown through" more transparency and translucency
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31.27f "he wants _A Boy for Pleasure_ but would settle for
the _The Slender Slut_"
This is the "middle line" of the old proverb
A wife to bear you children
A boy for pleasure
A goat for ecstasy
(last line varies)
> 32.18: This part our translucing is pretty boring:
more "translucing"
> 32.30: Formosa, an island: is famous for its beautiful butterflies.
Better known as Taiwan
Why
> Cavaliere, Cal.? Simply because Pines was being a "cavalier" to Julia and
> her mother?
and it contains "aval"
>
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> RANDOM EDThought. The "Cavaliere" is part of the "avalanche"/falling
> theme.
>
John
(with apologies for a messy paste job!)
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D. Barton Johnson
NABOKV-L
3. The Slender Slut -- a book Phil would like -- recalls the final words of
the previous chapter. Perhaps Armande's presence represents
D. Barton Johnson wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
> Date: Friday, August 06, 2004 2:38 PM +0900
> From: Akiko Nakata <a-nakata@courante.plala.or.jp>
> To: chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu
> Subject: TT-10 Introductory Notes
>
> ---------------
>
29.10 ff "It was QUEER to recall...I had looked forward to seeing the great
man at last in the FLESH....what a grand sight R presented--
his handsome chauffeur...his black bearded secretary supporting
him" Am I the only one to feel this passage is a little, well, queer?
> 29.20: his black-bearded secretary: A pirate image. Tamworth is called "a
> brigand" on the following page. Cf. "a black patch masked the
> grim captain's left eye" (Ch. 26).
>
> 30.06-14: The illusory quality of the entire event was enhanced by the
> appearance and
> speech of the two characters. That monumental man with his clayey makeup
>
> 30.13-14: as if moved with his chair by Sherlock's
> concealed landlady: As Brian Boyd mentions in the LoA edition notes, it
> quotes "The Empty House." A reason why from a SH story could be found in
> Conan Doyle's enthusiasm in Spiritualism.
>
> 30.16-20: the reality of Armande, whose image> shone through the
show at various levels,
"shown through" more transparency and translucency
-
31.27f "he wants _A Boy for Pleasure_ but would settle for
the _The Slender Slut_"
This is the "middle line" of the old proverb
A wife to bear you children
A boy for pleasure
A goat for ecstasy
(last line varies)
> 32.18: This part our translucing is pretty boring:
more "translucing"
> 32.30: Formosa, an island: is famous for its beautiful butterflies.
Better known as Taiwan
Why
> Cavaliere, Cal.? Simply because Pines was being a "cavalier" to Julia and
> her mother?
and it contains "aval"
>
> ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
> RANDOM EDThought. The "Cavaliere" is part of the "avalanche"/falling
> theme.
>
John
(with apologies for a messy paste job!)
---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
D. Barton Johnson
NABOKV-L