Damien Sullivan writes: >On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 01:01:42AM -0600, Matthew Hunter wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 10:06:45PM -0800, Damien Sullivan <phoenix at ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote: >> > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 04:51:07AM -0600, Matthew Hunter wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > I had a feeling 'someone' is Vlad and 'some historian' is Brust, but who >> > knows. >> Makes sense, except that it violates the promise "Brust" made to >> "Vlad" that no one on Dragaera would find out anything about what >> he was narrating. >Someone lied to Vlad? Oh no! >Besides, could be "Brust" coughed up after Vlad died. Plus this would also match a theme in Dumas (VdB), where Dumas explains that D'Artagnian has made sure that nobody would tell (about a certain adventure of his), and then proceeds to explain that -someone- must have told, since he is writing the story down. -- Joshua Kronengold (mneme at io.com) "I've been teaching |\ _,,,--,,_ ,) --^--him...to live, to breathe, to walk, to sample the /,`.-'`' -, ;-;;' /\\joy on each road, and the sorrow at each turning. |,4- ) )-,_ ) /\ /-\\\I'm sorry if I kept him out too late"--Vlad Taltos '---''(_/--' (_/-'