help re:V

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Dear Pynchonphiles,

I have been puzzling over this passage in V. which appears on page 460 of the
Bantam paperback, right at the end of the novel:

     "He was tempted to tell her.  But was restrained by the fine irony. He
found himself hoping that there was indeed adultery between his old 'love'
and the shipfitter; if only to complete a circle begun in England eighteen
years ago, a beginning kept forcibly from his thoughts for the same period of
time.
     Herbert would be eighteen.  And probably helling it all about the dear
old isles.  What would he think of his father...
     His father, ha."

If I am understanding it correctly, the shipfitter is Fausto Maijstral's
father and Sidney Stencil's (He in the paragraph) old love is Victoria Wren,
now known as Veronica Manganese.  "She" is the wife of Fausto's father. Is
this passage saying, implying, that Herbert Stencil is the son of Sidney and
Victoria Wren?  I never picked up on this before and of course puts Sidney's
search for V in a whole new light. Is V. Stencil's mother?  And what does he
mean by "His father, ha."?

The hair comb with the five crucified English soldiers links all the women in
the flashback chapters.  The epilogue seems to make a strong case for V. as
the embodiment of the forces of destruction in the Twentieth Century, yet
some of  the interpretations on the list about V. as a goddess figure are at
odds with this.  I'd like to hear any refutations or alternate
interpretations.  

Any enlightening thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Ron Churgin