Maybe you should quote the paragraph Patrick:
"I remember the night it turned him into an Assyrian girl, casting
down his lashes under a blossoming turban. Then we were two sisters
and I the protive. He had no breasts, and this was nostalgic. O the
glittering incest bird. But all so gracefully submissive, who will put
the hand over the heart? (82)"
On 22/10/2013, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Part 8 page 82 in my edition (Paladin '91) mentions the word 'protive'
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> I can't seem to find the word anywhere -any of you got any ideas ? is it a
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> -I have faith in this group!! Do not let me down!!!!
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> Of course someone might have the original edition I was wondering if it was
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