Neville describes his brother Victor, who neither smokes nor drinks nor goes to church, sitting alone carrying on inner conversations from the premise of desires fulfilled; he is now the richest man in Barbados, takes a block of stock as his fee for advice, and calls himself 'a mule' with no children who must make money for the family.
Date (happened)
before 1965
bound · possible
Reasoning
Qualifying passage ids [528290] belong to telling lecture nids [1034]. Each listed lecture contributes the selected safe envelope year 1965 (MAX of its non-refuted delivery years); 1965 is the MIN across telling lectures.
before 4 September 1965
bound
Why
Tightens the phase4 L6a envelope from before 1965 to before 1965-09-04.
Reasoning
L6a envelope tightened to the telling day of nid 1034 (certain delivery 1965-09-04); same premise, finer precision. The phase4 L6a bound on this event is `before 1965`, an envelope over delivery YEARS computed without reading text. Its premise is that the fact is true by the time it is told; on that same premise the DAY of the telling is a strictly better upper bound. Nothing is re-decided — the bound is stated to the precision the evidence always supported. The delivery claim for 1965-09-04 on nid 1034 is held at `certain` by the corpus, which is what carries this claim. #2274; the L6a row stands beside this one.
before 4 September 1965
bound · doubtful
Reasoning
The testimony describes Victor's practice as existing before the telling, but the only surviving carrier delivery date is doubtful. The upper bound therefore inherits that uncertainty rather than repeating the older certain premise.
Told
4 September 1965
stated · doubtful
4 September 1965
estimated · doubtful
Reasoning
Passage 528290 belongs to node 1034. Its delivery supplies the told date, but that delivery is doubtful and node-derived, requiring an estimated doubtful claim.
Sources
Source
- Order Your Conversations Aright ¶7 (Victor doesn’t smoke and he doesn’t drink, but he sits alone, and in his room he, too, is carrying on his little inner conversations, premises of desires fulfilled.)