The Merrick Ghost

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

Was re-reading Falconer's Lure and was struck by Patrick's description of the family ghost that walks outside his bedroom - can someone who's read the historicals tell me whether the ghost appears (so to speak) in those? Or is the ghost one of the characters from the historicals?

Any help appreciated!

Comments

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Gilly's Anthony's cousin who is involved in the Lord Essex uprising, and who warns him against papacy. Unless you were asking something else, in which case I apologise for being patronising and missing the point!

[coughingbear]

He was real, too, though his name was probably Gelly rather than Gilly (which I always pronounce with a hard G, though I have no idea if that's right).

Goodness, I just googled and found a whole page on the origins of the surname Merrick. It's Welsh, they say, from Meuric.

[owl]

No, it's just that Rowan calls Giles 'Gilly'. Which looks like a girls' name to me, but never mind.

[coughingbear]

It does rather, though I always have Rowan use a hard G in my head too, so she isn't calling him Jilly. And justify it on the assumption she's doing one of their Sick-for-Psyche deliberate mispronunciations.

[owl]

she's doing one of their Sick-for-Psyche deliberate mispronunciations.

Ooh, that's a good explanation!