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   From: news@pointerstop.ca   
      
   Steve Hayes wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   That's my understanding - though he fairly quickly decides for justice vs.   
   law.   
   --   
   derek   
      
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