Dear Anthony Stadlen,

 

My difficulties with the English language are no excuse, here. When I wrote " I only realized" I was thinking about my personal "reality", that is, I then referred to a discovery that led me to a conviction - but this conviction remains open to be questioned. As you just did.   

I was arguing in favor of the idea that Shade, Kinbote and Gradus were one and the same but, contrary to my "realization"" concerning the "ashen fluff", I still rather uncertain about that.

 

Jansy