under the rose... what?

[umberto rossi]

While rereading today "Under the Rose" a doubt assailed me: but have 
I really understood the ending of this story? What is the role of the 
Sphinx in the ending scene? Just a hint at the riddle Porpentine was 
unable to solve? And am I right in thinking that Porpentine was the 
real target of Moldweorp's plot, and the consul-general only a decoy?

I know this is a somewhat naïve level of appreciation of such a text, 
but you have to pass through this, don't you?

umberto rossi
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		"A mulatto
		An albino
		A mosquito
		My libido"