"The combination of the Francis of John Shade's
name and the Xavier of Charles Kinbote's spell deceit.
Just another coincidence?"
Yes.
Andrew Brown
On 10/11/06 2:20 PM, "NABOKV-L" <NABOKV-L@HOLYCROSS.EDU> wrote:
> To the List,
>
> Although I had noticed earlier that the two middle names of Shade and
> Kinbote added up to (St.) Francis Xavier, I didn't until just now
> understand
> the significance. I 've just been watching a PBS program about the
> Vinland
> Map. As evidence mounted that the map was a modern forgery, the
> filmmakers
> started to look at who the forger might have been. As soon as I saw the
> picture of Father Fischer I made the connection. As I suspected, he was
> a
> Jesuit and in the context I recalled that the Jesuits were associated
> with
> cunning and deceit.
>
> This time the OED confirmed my suspicion. "Jesuitical" means deceitful
> and
> cunning.
>
> In the program Father Fischer was vin-dicated, but I had another bit of
> evidence in my arsenal. The combination of the Francis of John Shade's
> name
> and the Xavier of Charles Kinbote's spell deceit.
>
> Just another coincidence?
>
> Carolyn Elizabeth Kunin
>
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