The Mysterious Fred
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The Mysterious Fred
Never believe anything until it has been officially denied.Tags: None
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You sound as though I shouldn't suppose that it was this man.Never believe anything until it has been officially denied.
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I am starting to suspect that Simon has a cryptic streak. It was suggested in some quarters that the 'Mysterious Fred' who presented Anderson's book to Swanson might have been none other than Fred Abberline, which would at least imply that Fred and Don were chummy, or that the old Inspector didn't think Anderson's book should be burned outright.
It was a rather thin line of argument.
I don't think it's Chopin, Deeming, or Flintstone, and having read Simon's thoughts on the Marginalia, I am even a little surprised that he is posting this under 'Non-Fiction.'
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Hi Jeff,
I was hoping by now that somebody might have been sufficiently curious to ask his name, but apparently this is not the case.
Anyway—
His name is Colonel Frederick Charles Keyser, CB [1842-1920], a fellow Freemason who lived not a million miles from Swanson.
In a number of letters to The Times and in other newspaper and masonic references he went by the informal moniker of 'Fred'.
I don't believe he is listed in Swanson's address book.
Regards,
SimonNever believe anything until it has been officially denied.
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Hi RJ,
That you of all people should buy the Swanson Marginalia is alarming. I always thought you were fairly rational.
Actually, Keyser is a thinly disguised Frederick Delius
Regards,
SimonNever believe anything until it has been officially denied.
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Phew! That's a relief. You had me worried for a moment.Never believe anything until it has been officially denied.
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Yes indeed, Delius was a master of disguise.Never believe anything until it has been officially denied.
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Is that like an Egyptian being in denial?Never believe anything until it has been officially denied.
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Originally posted by Wickerman View PostA pilot was he?Kind regards, Sam Flynn
"Suche Nullen" (Nietzsche, Götzendämmerung, 1888)
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