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From: "Carolyn Kunin" <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
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>
> Maud/de Fyler was part of my "alternate reading" -- that on his 16th
> birthday, Shade had a shattering sexual experience and the two alternate
> personalities (homosexual and murderous) were "born" and banished to
Shade's
> subconscious mind (Zembla) where everything is "looking glass" to Shade's
> normal life. Sylvia is Sybil and Countess de Fyler is Maud.
>
> My "evidence" was that both Maud and the Countess died in 1950 following
> problems with cerebral circulation (the odd snoring of the countess is a
> symptom) leading to "stroke" in the one and "explosion" in the other. Also
> the closeness of the rooms to Kinbote/Shade's in the Shade house/Zembla
> castle confirms that they are the same -- if you accept the rest of my
> argument, anyway.
>
> I differed from Keith in that I didn't think it was Maud herself who did
the
> molesting -- I would have to look back to see who I thought it was. Seems
to
> me there is mention of a maid from Canada (Sybil??).
>
> C
> >>>
> >
>
From: "Carolyn Kunin" <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
,
>
> Maud/de Fyler was part of my "alternate reading" -- that on his 16th
> birthday, Shade had a shattering sexual experience and the two alternate
> personalities (homosexual and murderous) were "born" and banished to
Shade's
> subconscious mind (Zembla) where everything is "looking glass" to Shade's
> normal life. Sylvia is Sybil and Countess de Fyler is Maud.
>
> My "evidence" was that both Maud and the Countess died in 1950 following
> problems with cerebral circulation (the odd snoring of the countess is a
> symptom) leading to "stroke" in the one and "explosion" in the other. Also
> the closeness of the rooms to Kinbote/Shade's in the Shade house/Zembla
> castle confirms that they are the same -- if you accept the rest of my
> argument, anyway.
>
> I differed from Keith in that I didn't think it was Maud herself who did
the
> molesting -- I would have to look back to see who I thought it was. Seems
to
> me there is mention of a maid from Canada (Sybil??).
>
> C
> >>>
> >
>