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![]() Obviously the 'little girl' is normal enough to have a friend that visits, so she's no obvious monster, but that the mother herself probably appeared somewhat monstrous at her death (buck teeth = fangs, funny hands = claws), her shroud is the 'dress of white silk' and donning it either causes the daughter to be possessed by the mother or perhaps come into her inheritance of monstrous desire and power (the story hints that it has happened before). *SPOILERS* As to what's going on - well, it's ambiguous on purpose, not just for the pay-off but also to forestall questions that might arise if too many details are given. Matheson says in his post-notes that he wrote it because 'Born of Man and Woman' had worked so well and he wanted to see if he could do the 'children's voice trick' again. ![]() Btw, this story has been reprinted many times, but here are two newer editions that contain it.įunny, I just re-read this as part of my upcoming review of. ![]() Or, it could also mean the dress contains some leftover power of her mother's that possessed her while she held it. Her mother may have been a witch? The ending also seems to imply that whatever 'terrible bad' thing she did, she gained some manner of power from. ![]() But what does it mean to you? To me, I see it as a little girl inheriting her mother's (evil? Xilisoft Transfer Iphone Torrent on this page. I love how it's written and it has some quotes I like. I love Matheson's stories and I have read Dress of White Silk many times, but it seems a bit ambiguous as to its meaning.
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