The Former Number 6
had vindicated the right of the individual to be individual. Overcome coercion,
held fast, maintained, fought, destroyed and resisted. He had shown them the
way, convinced them of their mistakes, they needed him. Therefore the former
Number 6 had been selected , and all about him is his. Perhaps they were about to stage a coup, using
the former Six to usurp Number 1, to replace him with the former Six, having
shown them the errors of Number 1’s ways. The fact that Number 6 looks the
spitting image of Number 1 is incidental, as no-one would ever be likely to
meet Number 1 face to face. And yet the fact that Number 1 and the former Six
look identical might be in his favour, and he might be needed to be if the coup
is to be successful. I am reminded of both ‘The Prisoner of Zenda’ by Anthony
Hope, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner_of_Zenda and ‘The Man In The Iron Mask’ by Alexandre
Dumas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_Iron_Mask
As it turned out there
was a bloody and violent revolution directed against both Number 1 and his Village,
but there was no coup. That had failed. The President and members of the
Assembly all fleeing in terror!
Be seeing you
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