re: houdini

[scasterg@waltham.columbus.oh.us (Stuart M. Castergine)]

> 
>                           Through the glass
>                           I'd watch you breathe.
>                           Bound and drowned,
>                           And paler than you've ever been.
> 
>                           With your life
>                           The only thing in my mind--
>                           We pull you from the water!
> 
> I guess Mrs.H. is apprehensive when
> Houdini does his stunts, even though
> she knows the trick.

The description is how Houdini died. He was punched in the stomach when
he wasn't ready for it by some idiot shortly before he was to go on
stage. It ruptured his appendix. He passed out in the tank and drowned.

> 
>                      Houdini!
> 
>                      You
>                      And I
>                      And Rosabel believe.
> 
> A conundrumatic ending.  Is 'you'
> the person listening to the song?
> Ford?  Houdini himself?
> Does Rosabel here refer to Mrs.H.,
> making the "I" redundant?  Or
> is Kate the "I", speaking now
> as narrator about H or
> the listener (you) and Mrs. H.?

I think the "I" is Kate.

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