GRGR(9): Welcome (?)
Paul Mackin
pmackin at clark.net
Fri Sep 17 07:36:23 CDT 1999
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On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, David Morris wrote:
>
> >From: Paul Mackin
> >
> [snip]
> >Monoco would have had no choice but
> >to cooperate with Germany. However with the liberation of France the Nazi
> >name of the place would surely have been defunct for quite a while by the
> >time Slothrop et al arrived on the scene.
> >
>
> But wasn't the name written onto the roof via shingles, or am I
> hallucinating?
On p. 188 it says it's written in "a mosaic of tiny and perfect seashells,
thousands of them set in plaster, purple, pink and brown." It seems to
have envolved practically the whole roof. Could be seen from the air.
P.
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