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In a message dated 19/10/2006 03:43:46 GMT Standard Time,
NABOKV-L@HOLYCROSS.EDU writes:
Every invention feature of the solution that you impute to
Nabokov--do alter egos really say they are so different in age
and appearance from their real selves, by the way?--makes the
puzzle less fair.
Is the following any help in answer to Jerry's question ? From Alice in
Wonderland, Chapter II, The Pool of Tears:
"Who in the world am I ? Ah, that's the great puzzle! ..... I'm sure I'm not
Ada (!) .... for her hair goes in such long ringlets, and mine doesn't go in
ringlets at all; and I'm sure I can't be Mabel, for I know all sorts of
things, and she, oh ! she knows such a very little ! .... I must have been
changed for Mabel ! .... I must be Mabel, after all, and I shall have to go and
live in that poky little house, and have next to no toys to play with and oh !
ever so many lessons to learn ! No, I've made up my mind about it; if I'm
Mabel, I'll stay down here !"
Charles Harrison Wallace
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