Hey Jessica. :) I think you guys in the US might be able to get it as early as the 11th, so only three days.
It is the scene where Eugenides & Attolia have climbed up the cliff and are met by Eddis's ministers. (It's on page 197). The chamberlain starts making the introductions and 'only once did he falter, looking over his shoulder. "He said he wouldn't be here," one of the ministers said in a carrying whisper and the chamberlain went on with the formal greetings of the queen of Eddis in absentia.' Who is the minister referring to?? Is he referring to Eugenides--as in Eugenides had told the ministers that he would not be there to meet them at the top of the cliff with Attolia? If that is the case, that gives the implication that Eugenides thought Attolia would have killed him or perhaps tried to escape after he had given back her knives at the bottom of the cliff. But then, why would Eugenides had gone through all that trouble to capture the queen if he was just going to let her kill him? Or maybe I'm just making too much out of what the minister was saying--who knows, he could have just been referring to somebody else who was supposed to have been there. What do you think?
Great question. Um, I have a theory. I think that the person who is being referred to is Gen's father - he appears later, when he lifts Attolia down from her horse, though she doesn't know then whom he is. So I figured it must be him. If it were Eugenides then that's undermine the whole point of the ending, and all of the romance - as you said.
Now my second question . . . how old do you think Eugenides and Attolia are? And how old was Eugenides when he first saw her dancing in the garden? I'm guessing Attolia is somewhere in her early 20s and Eugenides is in his late teens.
*nods* That's what I'm guessing too. Gen has to be young enough to be considered 'a boy', or at least, in the last stages of adolescence, at the beginning of the book, but old enough to make a credible King at the end. So I'm guessing eighteen or so? Perhaps sixteen at the time of 'The Thief'. And - Gen said that he was older than six when he watched Irene right? perhaps eight or nine then, and Irene was maybe eleven or twelve. Which would make her three or four years older than him.
But yes, I'm guessing. :) I'm sure we all see them and their respective ages slightly differently.
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Date: 1/9/06 08:22 pm (UTC)It is the scene where Eugenides & Attolia have climbed up the cliff and are met by Eddis's ministers. (It's on page 197). The chamberlain starts making the introductions and 'only once did he falter, looking over his shoulder. "He said he wouldn't be here," one of the ministers said in a carrying whisper and the chamberlain went on with the formal greetings of the queen of Eddis in absentia.' Who is the minister referring to?? Is he referring to Eugenides--as in Eugenides had told the ministers that he would not be there to meet them at the top of the cliff with Attolia? If that is the case, that gives the implication that Eugenides thought Attolia would have killed him or perhaps tried to escape after he had given back her knives at the bottom of the cliff. But then, why would Eugenides had gone through all that trouble to capture the queen if he was just going to let her kill him? Or maybe I'm just making too much out of what the minister was saying--who knows, he could have just been referring to somebody else who was supposed to have been there. What do you think?
Great question. Um, I have a theory. I think that the person who is being referred to is Gen's father - he appears later, when he lifts Attolia down from her horse, though she doesn't know then whom he is. So I figured it must be him. If it were Eugenides then that's undermine the whole point of the ending, and all of the romance - as you said.
Now my second question . . . how old do you think Eugenides and Attolia are? And how old was Eugenides when he first saw her dancing in the garden? I'm guessing Attolia is somewhere in her early 20s and Eugenides is in his late teens.
*nods* That's what I'm guessing too. Gen has to be young enough to be considered 'a boy', or at least, in the last stages of adolescence, at the beginning of the book, but old enough to make a credible King at the end. So I'm guessing eighteen or so? Perhaps sixteen at the time of 'The Thief'. And - Gen said that he was older than six when he watched Irene right? perhaps eight or nine then, and Irene was maybe eleven or twelve. Which would make her three or four years older than him.
But yes, I'm guessing. :) I'm sure we all see them and their respective ages slightly differently.
Welcome again Jessica!
--Ro