At 10:19 AM 9/25/2002 -0400, Casey Rousseau wrote: >Chris Cunningham wrote: > > the gentle one: "...when each is placed in its own position, the > > outline of the secret will be laid bare..." > > no idea. refers to the way in which she assembles her fiction, i suppose? > > by process of elimination this should be patricia wrede, and that's my > > guess, but i have zero confidence in this guess, even after a quick reread > > of her story, "ancient curses." > >Not sure if you were meaning to say this, but it seems to me that the >description could be read as saying 'You can only figure this one out by >process of elimination. Figure the others first and the remaining piece of >the puzzle goes here.' > >Bravo. You convinced me on all counts. Me, too.