The fictional narrator (or author) is a collage of multiple figures and speeches staking the fictionalized genealogy of the author. There, Paul Guilbert is legitimate descendant of Families Guilbert / Racine / Boisserie / Renoir / Wedgwood / Darwin. Voices from Josiah I, Josiah II Wedgwood, Charles Darwin, Auguste Renoir merge to wedge the speech, to give it the authoritarian patina necessary for the admissibility of the theoretical pile.