In a message dated 98-01-02 19:11:20 EST, you write: << of course the pool was empty, there is a definite ambiguity about it, but the allusion is pretty much that it is...when teddy says 'might' he is speaking hypothetically, yes, but we are given the impression that he is entirely confident in what he has forseen; if not confident than at least accepting of it... >> so in your view, he was pushed?