I have two sets of words which I think Belisa could have told the Colonel. The first two I believe are her first and last name Belisa Crepusculario. Like Mike stated it was repeated so many times in the story. When spoken to, people referred to Belisa as "woman" or "her." They never actually stated her name. These words could become very significant to the Colonel as she was the one who had written his speech and after presenting it to so many citizens of the country and having the citizens believe his speech through the writing of Belisa everytime he thought of the speech he would think of her and the amazing talent she possessed to write such a powerful speech which got him the attention of the citizens.
The second set of words that might have been told to the Colonel could have been a date. Not any date but a specific date in which something could have happened to the and only he knew about it. So he was in shock that Belisa could come up with them and know that those words or that date was indeed significant to him.
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Again, we have the same answer, but i think its more of an obsession, then a love.
ReplyDeleteObsession that the Colonel had with Belisa? It may have been, but after seeing her only once i don't believe that the Colonel was obsessed with Belisa herself. I think that the Colonel was jealous of the powers that Belisa had with words and wanted to see how she was able to know exactly which words to tell people.
ReplyDeleteA bit too speculative for my liking.
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