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HOST: Hello one and all- welcome to Find the Faker^TM , where the audience identifies the impostor from our line-up. Today we have three panelists: Ishmael, little Eva St. Clare, and Roger Chillingworth representing their novels. Throughout the show, audience, if you could circle- on your ballots- which of the three novels you think is NOT actually a novel, we'll tally them at the end to see if YOU CAN FIND THE FAKER^TM!

HOST: So, panelists, why don't you tell us a little about yourselves?

[wait for responses from the three panelists]

HOST: Nice to meet you. Let's get to know you a little better: onto the first question! How would you describe your ideal novel?

[wait for responses from the three panelists]

HOST: So, I understand all three of you have blogs. Would you three please read us one of your most recent entries?

[wait for responses from the three panelists]

HOST: We all know how much sadder we'd be without a little theory in our lives; so, who's your favorite theorist... and why?

[wait for responses from the three panelists]

HOST: We've come to the point in the show where we open the floor up to the audience for questions-so, audience, ask away! In the meantime, if you could just hand in your ballots...

[we'll prompt you to move onto the next bit]

HOST: So, folks, what were the results?

[Pause to read the tallied results from the board]

HOST: If the panelists could kindly reveal themselves...

[wait for cue: {insert line from Claire which finishes off the exchange among the panelists}]

HOST: So long, and thanks for watching. We'll see you next time on Find the Faker^TM!

Introduction: Hello, my name is Evangeline St. Clare, but everyone calls me Eva. I believe in the equality and purity of the human soul and the power of forgiveness if you truly love each other. Every day I go to church with my mamma and aunty- which is less often now that I've taken ill- I thank God for all those around me that I have to love and who love me in return.

Q1: Ideal novel: Oh, it would most certainly be sentimental and full of love and understanding one another! First of all, it's very important that all characters in the novel eventually know that they are equal and good in the eyes of God, even if others have not treated them well in the past. The moral would be that if one does right for another, they will do right in return. Also, it is the way of things that the truly righteous must be martyred and return to God so that the novel can help people to better love each other in their absence.

Q2: Titled: ("All You Need is Love")

I'm so glad Papa got me this computer. It is so much easier to type the words than it is to write them- and everyone is learning to read and write so much more quickly. Mamma doesn't seem to mind as much because she doesn't have to deal with all of the scraps of paper lying around.

I wish my friends could comment on my entries here because I feel, but they're learning. And soon, they'll all have blogs of their own, even if Mamma doesn't understand why they need them. She says they aren't necessary for people like Mammy. I told her it lets me say things that I have trouble saying in words, but she said that Mammy can always say whatever she wants, and mamma would never mind because she takes endless sass from her already. But all the same, I certainly wouldn't want to keep this precious gift to myself.

Topsy takes to it far better than any of the others. She helped me set up my own blog, without ever having used the computer before. She really is a good soul, even if she thinks she's wicked. The little dear is setting one of these up too, which will be lovely when she has to go back to the North with aunty Ophelia- we'll be able to keep talking and remember each other.

I wonder if I can write one of these from where I'm going? Then, I wouldn't have to pain Papa and the others by leaving them.

Q3: I love all the theorists because all of their different voices deserve to be heard and treated as equally valid, even if some of them go against my views. Eventually they will change their ways if they're harming anyone. In this mindset, my favorite theorist would have to be James Baldwin because while he protests sentiment and love, but still can ask important questions and highlights how awfully some humans are treated for characteristics that have nothing to do with their souls. I feel that if I were to talk to him, he could see how important love for one another actually is. I would certainly give him a lock of my hair.