green eyes

kitty-green eyes

If you've read The Thirteenth Tale and loved it, as I did, then perhaps you noticed that Shadow, on page 406, opens a cool green eye.

Green eyes are a prevalent theme throughout the book, and Shadow's cool green eye, I'm sure, alludes to the green eyes of his former mistress Miss Winters.

But when Margaret first meets Shadow on page 78, he 'regards her fixedly with his round yellow eyes.'

Shadow's name connects with Miss Winters' childhood, as you may recall.  So maybe the cat's eyes changed color as a way of remembering her after she died?  If so, the change goes unremarked by Margaret.


Or perhaps what is really going on here is that I have stumbled into owning a rare copy, just like the copy of The Thirteenth Tale within The Thirteenth Tale, one made valuable by a printing flaw.

My fingers are crossed . . . .