V--2nd how about that ending, eh?

Ian Livingston igrlivingston at gmail.com
Fri Mar 4 11:27:45 CST 2011


>> "Presently, sudden and in silence, all illumination in Valletta, houselight and
>> streetlight, was extinguished. Profane and Brenda ["whom he'd met yesterday"]
>> continued to run through the abruptly absolute night, momentum alone carrying
>> them toward the edge of Malta, and the Mediterranean beyond."

>"it's always night or we wouldn't need the light"  ?

Right, well, aren't night (darkness) and the sea two principle
archetypes of the unknown/unconscious?


On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> "Presently, sudden and in silence, all illumination in Valletta, houselight and
>> streetlight, was extinguished. Profane and Brenda ["whom he'd met yesterday"]
>> continued to run through the abruptly absolute night, momentum alone carrying
>> them toward the edge of Malta, and the Mediterranean beyond."
>
> I've long wondered waht exactly is happening here.  Or, @ any rate,
> what happens next ...
>



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