VLVL2 (15): The Last Sentence

Dave Monroe monropolitan at yahoo.com
Sat May 29 16:30:31 CDT 2004


Just for the record ...

DESMOND   m
Usage: English, Irish
Pronounced: DEZ-mund
>From a surname which was derived from Gaelic
Deas-Mhumhan meaning "from south Munster". Munster is
a province in Ireland which was once an ancient Irish
kingdom.

http://www.behindthename.com/nm/d2.html

CHLOE   f
Usage: English, Biblical, Greek Mythology
Pronounced: KLO-ee
Means "green shoot" in Greek. This was an epithet of
the Greek goddess Demeter. The name is also mentioned
by Paul in one of his epistles in the New Testament.

http://www.behindthename.com/nm/c2.html

I urge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that all of you agree in what you say, and
that there be no divisions among you, but that you be
united in the same mind and in the same purpose. 

For it has been reported to me about you, my brothers,
by Chloe's people, that there are rivalries among you.

(1 Corinthians 1: 10-11)

http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1corinthians/1corinthians1.htm

Longus, Daphnis and Chloe

http://people.uncw.edu/deagona/ancientnovel/longus.htm

--- Tim Strzechowski <dedalus204 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> The last sentence:  "It was Desmond, none other, the
> spit and image of his grandmother Chloe, roughened
> by the miles, face full of blue-jay feathers,
> smiling out of his eyes, wagging his tail, thinking
> he must be home."


	
		
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