philiph at slac.stanford.edu writes: > On Thu, 20 May 2004, John Klein wrote: > > > On Sun, 16 May 2004, Philip Hart wrote: > > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > doo dee doo > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> > > > @> > @> > @> > @> > @> >>>> You mean, Tazendra is wandering the villages in her >>>> fiefdom, telling stories about her adventures to random >>>> farmers? Observe my hollow laughing. I could see some gossip >>>> and vague rumors circulating, but there's no reason to suspect >>>> that he knows any of the names of the participants. >>> >>> She drinks in taverns and boasts to travelling nobles and the >>> waitstaff hears her. And do you think Mica fails to mention >>> his master's accomplishments and associates to all and sundry? >>> And do you think there's no intercourse between the Teckla of >>> the nearby estates? >> >> In order: probably, of course not, and not that much. I expect >> that things that the Teckla talk about are going to be more on >> the order of what cousin Ed did last Marketday, and how much a >> roast kethna is going for. Why would they care about anything >> beyond the fact that she's had some adventures somewhere and is a >> great and powerful warlord? It's not real. > > It's exciting. Five hundred years is a long time to talk about > the weather, esp. after harvest season. Re intercourse, I've just > reread Jane Austen and get the sense that there would be a good > deal of it. Counter example: no one in Smallcliff was aware that anything interesting happened to their leige lord in the last couple years. >>> I think if he had known who Aerich was, his account to Vlad >>> would be slightly different. >> >> In what way? > > I think he'd say something snide about the famous hero. Wildly > speculative point though. Is Duke Temma a famous war hero though? Especially prior to Paarfi's books? I got the impression that Paarfi had never heard of him before starting his research. --KG