-=>While in the White Hart, Maureen Goldman explained to Fred Runk that<=-
 MG> On (19 Sep 96) Fred Runk wrote to Maureen Goldman...
 
 MG> Mysteries have been around since long before either writer (I
 MG> guess that should have been the Arthur, rather than the Conan).
 MG> It seems to me that Poe was supposed to have written the first
 MG> detective story using a pro.  Or something.
 
 FR> I think he was the first to portray an amateur who used pure reason to
 FR> deduce the culprits.
 MG> [blush]
Er....Did I say something nasty?
Email: fred.runk@mbhbbs.playcom.com
... Constancy itself is nothing but a more sluggish movement. -Montaigne-
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