On 6/13/06, Philip Hart wrote: > > > On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Jon Lincicum wrote: > > > "Five Hundred Years After", Chapter 8, page 101 (paperback): > > > > "...we must look beyond her physical manifestation, for her appearance > > was not, we know from several sources, unduly prepossessing. She was not > > exceptionally tall; she was neither remarkably handsome nor unusually > > grotesque." > > > > [...] > > > > Paarfi, of course, is going off third-hand accounts, since it seems > > pretty clear he's never actually seen her for himself (personal theories > > of some here notwithstanding) [...] > > This is entirely consistent with Sethra having a sense of humor. Or being quietly modest. I seem to recall someone suggesting that she might see herself as a farm girl who made good.