M&D: Cowart article/ch.35

[Terrance F. Flaherty]

Paul Mackin wrote:

> On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, Michael Crowley wrote:
> > But am I missing something, or does he
> > mistakenly assign all of Ethelmer's lines to Wicks?  Only Ives's lines are
> > tagged in the text, so perhaps anyone could be speaking them, but when we
> > get to Ives's response to "Who claims Truth, Truth abandons," we get,
> > "'Hogwash, Sir,' Uncle Ives about to become peevish with his Son[...]" he
> > then calls the other speaker "young Pup" and "Ethelmer":
> > "'Ethelmer.' Ives raises a monitory Eye-brow. 'Time on Earth is too
> > precious.  No one has time, for more than one Version of the Truth." (350)
>
> Think the words in the long statement are Wicks', being in  his style,
> not 'Mer's. The confusion arises because the main dispute in progress is
> between Ives and Ethylmer, from whom at least some of the unattributed
> lines emanate. The problem is, Ives, in his irritation,  choses to answer
> Ethylmer although it is Wicks who has just spoken.
>
> Leastwise that's the way this p-lister remembers it.
>
>                         P.

The long statement, "Just so. Who claims Truth... fables...Parables..." Wicks.

Sorry, it seems I confused Crowley and Cowart. Smack, smack, slap, bad boy
Terrance, You didn't even read the article. Sorry!

Terrance-oh, yes I'm red from the sun, only the sun, fair skin you know.