In a message dated 98-01-07 11:20:23 EST, you write: << It seems more likely that seymour would have brought the gun home from the war than muriel would have brought a gun from her mom...so much more likely that I wonder if sam could find anything real in the text that actually links gun to muriel at all? will >> yeah, I looked for that myself. I remembered Muriel's mother was freaked about Muriel's marriage to Seymour, even considering him a dangerous character. So I thought she may have given it to her daughter. But I couldn't find a hint... Jim