Number 8 told Number 6 that Number 14 is an
ex-Count, how does any aristocrat become “ex” anything? You can have an
ex-King, as with King Constantine of Greece who was deposed and is known as
Ex-King Constantine, but the aristocracy keep their titles no matter what, as
was the case in Russia and such places. So even as a prisoner
in The Village, Number 14 should have retained his title. Even during the
French revolution when the aristocrats had their lands taken away from them,
and placed in the Bastille to await execution, they still retained their
titles, right up to the moment their heads were separated from their bodies! It
does make one wonder what it was that had an aristocrat brought to The Village.
But it’s nice to see that he maintains the old family ways, by using people as
chess pieces, even though he can’t have the heads of those pieces removed from
the chessboard, chopped off!
Be seeing you
Perhaps members of the aristocracy have to lose their titles when entering the Village so that citizens are more equal. Interesting that an ex- "Count" should end up being a "number" !
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ZM72
Hello ZM72,
DeleteOh that’s good, an ex “count” ending up as a number, I like that.
Perhaps you are right, citizens are more equal in The Village, only some citizens are more equal than others. Take Number 6 for example, as a prisoner he has a comfortable cottage all to himself. And yet the warder Number 2, has a suit of rooms underground beneath the Town Hall, that doesn’t seem right, does it?
Best regards
David
BCNU