the_content in query_posts on page.php

For reasons which would be obvious if you could all see what I’m working on, I want to be able to run query_posts on a single page. Inside the query_posts I want to display the content via <?php the_content("read on"); ?>

The core idea of this works except for the fact when the posts are rederend they aren’t trimming at the –more– spot… it’s displaying the whole post!?

I was readin up on the_content and saw the notice saying The <!–more–> quicktag will not operate and is ignored if there is only one post being displayed.… is that what’s happening to me, since I’m running the query_posts on a single page?

Cheers in advance.