The Lure of Number 1!

   It could well be thought that Number 6 was lured to Number 1. It might be thought that it was inevitable that Number 6 should finally get to meet Number 1. After all, while in The Village Number 6 is the only citizen to ask about Number 1. “Who is Number 1?” is the persistent question during the opening sequence. He even asked the question of Number 8, while on the chessboard. She managed to avoid the question! But seeing as Number 1 is the boss, and Number 6 had defeated Number 2 who is second to one, it seemed natural that Number 6 should ask for Number 1.

   But he didn’t ask to see Number 1 in a rocket! However could it really be imagined, that Number 6 would get to meet Number 1 in an oak panelled drawing room? The two men sitting in armchairs discussing matters over a glass of Brandy. Or perhaps to meet in an office like Number 2’s in order to argue out the situation there. If they had, what might the outcome between them be? Certainly the opportunity for escape would have been limited, if not impossible, depending on the outcome of the meeting. But then how to rid himself of his alter ego? To lay hands upon him and strangle the very life out of him would be one way. Or perhaps the better way would be the physical absorbance of 1 by 6, or the other way around {as in the case of Harold Pelham ‘The Man Who Haunted Himself’} in order to leave the “one” man standing!

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