NPPR Line 143 a clockwork toy

[Michael Joseph]

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Mary Krimmel wrote:

> Thanks to Glenn Scheper for the Lychnos of Revelation. But Kinbote saw a
> candlestick, not a candle. There is no reason to suppose that Kinbote meant
> "candle". Nor is there reason to suppose that VN meant "candle", although
> he may have (probably did) intend the word to suggest a candle, a light
> gone out, etc.
>
My fault. Candle-stick it is. My initial post was inconsistent.