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[Scott Badger]

Jasper:
> I found Boyd's Maud's ghost theory interesting, but I think the light
> is either a hoax or an accident.

There sure is a lot of funny stuff going on in this commentary. We don't
even know what to believe of the accounting, selectively and creatively
filtered, as it is, through *both* Jane P. (albeit, a pillar of
respectability...) and Kinbote, let alone what to make of the reported
events. And even if we were to accept the presence of a ghost, its identity
comes into serious question. I do like your White twins conjecture though, I
had wondered about them myself. And regarding your headlights theory,
Kinbote report that "there were long pauses and 'scratches and scrapings'
again, and returns of the luminous circlet", which might be the crunching
sound tires make on a dirt road. Nevertheless, I find it hard to shake the
feeling that Boyd is correct in his general notion that this book is
haunted.

How does Hetzner tie into all this?

> Hazel just applies her own system of meaning onto what she sees the
> light doing, and there's no evidence it had any notion of her rules.

A comment on literary criticism then?...

BTW, apologies for my own less than ghost-like presence this past week. A
young boy was lost in the woods nearby and the search lasted from Monday to
Friday.


Scott Badger