4. John Shade’s wife, née Irondell [ ] was a few months his senior. I understand she came of Canadian stock, as did Shade’s maternal grandmother (a first cousin of Sybil’s
grandfather, if I am not greatly mistaken).
Dear Jansy,
hmm - does this hint at an incestuous link between Mr and Mrs Shade? I mean in their ancestry - remember that Kinbote often gets things right, but not quite exactly.