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MR to CK on Shade in asylum
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Carolyn,
In C.949 Kinbote analyzes the character of Gradus. In one section, he
imagines a trial (Gradus versus the Crown), during which he says, I
suppose
in the voice of the prosecutor, "we may concede, doctor, that our
half-man
was also half-mad." This sounds to me more like a commitment hearing
than a
trial, and if so it might bolster your theory concerning Shade's
commitment. A bit of his own hearing seeping in?
Matthew Roth
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In C.949 Kinbote analyzes the character of Gradus. In one section, he
imagines a trial (Gradus versus the Crown), during which he says, I
suppose
in the voice of the prosecutor, "we may concede, doctor, that our
half-man
was also half-mad." This sounds to me more like a commitment hearing
than a
trial, and if so it might bolster your theory concerning Shade's
commitment. A bit of his own hearing seeping in?
Matthew Roth
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