The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 19

May 10th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

First Sentence Saturdays:

Old Kelly had been in prison for so long that she didn’t even remember why she was there, but when the King summoned her from her dark cell, he reminded her.

I thought about Old Kelly a lot on the drive up to Baltimore, wondering what her crime had been, wondering how old she was, and wondering why the king wanted her. I answered most of the questions for myself, but I’ll let you answer them on your own.

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  1. Comment by Merrill on 11 May 2008:

    Old Kelly is an ongoing character here: http://soxbus837.blogspot.com/2008/05/third-cataract-2.html I know about the prison and the king but so far the protagonist does not.

  2. Comment by Mark Maris on 13 May 2008:

    I get the impression that Kelly is not that old (30-40), but that she has been imprisoned for a good while. On the other hand, the King could be very young (10+, and just ascended to the throne), and so Kelly seems ancient.

    Maybe the King just wanted someone intelligent to talk with. Maybe the other residents of the kingdom all seem very dim to the King, and Kelly is the only person that the King wants to spend time with.

    Or maybe Kelly was his old teacher, and she has forgotten that detail.

    Or maybe — on a totally different track — Kelly is the only living person who can still give birth, and the King is calling her forth to — yet again — perform this duty for the kingdom.

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