V--2nd, Chapter 9

[Robin Landseadel]

On Oct 15, 2010, at 6:42 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:

> And, not least, maybe most  =
> access through an iconic Christian image.....to the roof!
>
> Through which Galileo crawled when The Church excommunicated him?

Looks like you're right, sounds like Kurt's mode of egress:

	Mondaugen this time withdrew, preferring at last neither to
	watch nor to listen. Instead he returned to the turret and
	gathered up his log books, oscillograms and a small knapsack
	of clothing and toilet articles. He sneaked downstairs and went
	out by a French window; located a long plank at the rear of the
	house and dragged it to the ravine. Foppl and guests had been
	somehow alerted to his departure. They crowded the windows;
	some sat out on the balconies and roof, some came to the
	veranda to watch. With a final grunt Mondaugen dropped the
	plank across a narrow part of the ravine. As he was working his
	way gingerly across, trying not to look down at the tiny stream
	two hundred feet below, the accordion began a slow sad tango,
	as if piping him ashore. This soon modulated into a rousing
	valediction, which they all sang in chorus:

		Why are you leaving the party so early,
		Just when it was getting good?
		Were the crowds and the laughter just a little too tame,
		Did the girl you had your eye on go and forfeit the game?
		o tell me

		Where is there music any gayer than ours, and tell me 			
		Where are wine and ladies in such ample supply?
		If you know a better party in the Southwest
			Protectorate,
		Tell us and we'll drop on by
		(Right after this one)
		Tell us and we'll drop on by.

And of course, TRP is specific about Domenico/Giordano Bruno in "The  
Courier's Tragedy" as well, all in line with a focus on heresy qua  
heresy.