Atdtda27: Of course, 768-769

[David Payne]

This is a great, close reading, Paul; nice reading of the "old" as a prism for viewing the new. I missed the relevance of Kit's interrupted question -- absolutely worth noting!

That bit about "Trying to sail on it was dangerous and unpredictable--winds rose in seconds, waves became small mountains" is, I think, meant quite literally. I live nearish to Lake Superior and have seen absolutely monstrous waves spray forth, gotten wet atop a thirty-foot cliff from storms that were far, far in the distance -- something to do with the shape of lakes that apparently makes big lakes significantly more dangerous to boat than oceans. Or so I've been told....

Note the nice echo in the statements on pages 769: "Trying to sail on it was dangerous and unpredictable" and "A journey to it was not a holiday excursion."

Question: Is Hassan's disappearance (so goes the link to the Prophet?) tied to Kit's having "taken the wrong path" -- is Kit's transgression the reason that Hassan disappeared? I feel like I've still missed something in this passage....

Thank you!

> On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 (04:59:42 +0100), Paul (isread at btinternet.com) wrote:


[snip]

> It is also worth noting that Kit's first sighting of Baikal interrupts the
> question he asks when Hassan says he is already acquainted with the Prophet.
> If the landscape takes on significance here, Hassan becomes inscrutable,
> then absent altogether: the reference to his "gaze ... open but unreadable"
> leads to the "of course" of the final sentence on 769).

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