Ankaret ([identity profile] ankaret.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] trennels2006-05-03 10:16 am

The Merrick Ghost

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!
owl: Nicola Marlow (nicola)

[personal profile] owl 2006-05-04 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
No, it's just that Rowan calls Giles 'Gilly'. Which looks like a girls' name to me, but never mind.
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[personal profile] coughingbear 2006-05-04 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
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: Nicola Marlow (nicola)

[personal profile] owl 2006-05-05 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
she's doing one of their Sick-for-Psyche deliberate mispronunciations.

Ooh, that's a good explanation!