>OK, but the two are not necessarily mutually exclusive. In fact, a >pregnancy "I'm late" scare may have brought the other to a more rapid >climax. Just a thought, >Thor i remember having discussed similar ideas on this list before, and one suggestion (i think from emily moore) was that the possibility of franny's pregnancy was a metaphor. that she was "pregnant" with ideas. they were not fully formed, but a change was on the way. i thought it had a certain resonance. elizabeth