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   From: hayesmstw@hotmail.com   
      
   On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 14:34:13 -0400, Derek Broughton    
   wrote:   
      
   >nystulc@cs.com wrote:   
   >   
   >> Derek Broughton wrote:   
      
   >>> > Tumnus is watching the western border of Narnia, for humans, on Jadis'   
   >>> > orders.  Where does Tumnus think the humans are going to come from?   
   >>>   
   >>> As I recall, Tumnus is just reacting to a general proclamation that Jadis   
   >>> is to be informed of any humans seen in the woods.   
   >>   
   >> As I recall, it is a bit more than that.  He is her agent.  He is in   
   >> her pay.   
   >   
   >He has been promised a reward, he hasn't actually been _paid_.  He is her   
   >agent no more than anybody else in Narnia (and significantly less than   
   >many).   
      
   He's a "good citizen", reporting suspected terrorists and subversives to the   
   authorities.   
      
      
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