Dear George,

He would have to be three feet tall to be under a doorknob. A windy  
hill seems more likely. A house could be under a hill.

Diana

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On Mar 3, 2010, at 3:06 PM, George Carless <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Rickard A. Parker ([log in to unmask]) wrote the following on  
> Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 10:17:06AM -0600:
>> A knob is a hill. Most likely open (unforested) or covered
>> with sheets of rock.  I'm pretty sure that New Hampshire
>> has some peaks with Knob as part of the name.  With
>> my corrupted system searches are a pain.
>>
>> Eliot may have used the word knob instead of hill to bring
>> us back to the house image (door knob).  I think though
>> that he wanted the image of a sphere (as with a door
>> knob) to represent the earth.
>
> (In answer to your question in another email) - There are (K)nob  
> Hills all over the place... but I don't see
> that Knob as hill makes any sense in the context. A draughty house  
> *under* a hill?  Or, if it is Gerontion
> who is under the knob, how can he be under a hill while "in a  
> house"?  Sorry if I'm missing something; I'm
> just not seeing where "hill" comes into it.  Why can't it just be a  
> door knob?  That would tie into the
> "hand on the door," the image of "vacant shuttles (who) weave the  
> wind" through the halls.  (I'm not saying
> it's *literally* a house, but to me the imagery needs its internal  
> consistency.)
>
> Regards,
> George
>