Stencil and Bartlebooth

[RICHARD ROMEO]

Nope.  Bartlebooth doesn't complete all the puzzles;  he dies on the 
439th (there are still 61 black boxes left on the shelf) with you know 
what in his hand--could it be he realized Winckler's revenge after all, 
that he's gone through all those 400 odd puzzles and finally realized 
fiendish Gaspard has mixed them all up.  He's left with one piece, which 
won't fit in the last remaining spot.  What he thought he was recreating 
were his own watercolors but he wasn't--even the artist remembers wrong!  
He'll have to start all over, hence a heart attack or whatever.  I think 
Stencil fears this moment in his bones and hence is camera shy in meeting 
the old lady, or young woman, or mistress, or goddess, or whatever...

There is a brief blurb within the first few pages alluding to Winckler's 
fiendish plot.

...and this is only one interpretation (I agree with yours as well).  
I'll jot it down and bring in tomorrow.

No I'm not drunk, I'm at work 

500 pages, 500 puzzles, each puzzle 750 pieces...the mind reels in 
fantodial factorial fundamentals



Proudly waving my freak flag:  wile on my tie! be I the only one? I don't 
think so.



Richard Romeo

Coordinator of Cooperating Collections

The Foundation Center-NYC

212-807-2417

rromeo at fdncenter.org