"I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme." -- Henry James
Has he just eaten one of the other customers?
Actually, he's "smiling" because I found him the Aesop Fable he wanted: "It's got a wolf and a big bird!"
"The man's baggy eye-wrinkles had, just then, a look that was almost saurian. From one corner of his twitching mouth a trickle of saliva descended, towards which a small fly persistenly darted..."Wolf Solent - John Cowper Powys
"persistently" - Arrgggg - I hate my typos.
Has he just eaten one of the other customers?
ReplyDeleteActually, he's "smiling" because I found him the Aesop Fable he wanted: "It's got a wolf and a big bird!"
ReplyDelete"The man's baggy eye-wrinkles had, just then, a look that was almost saurian. From one corner of his twitching mouth a trickle of saliva descended, towards which a small fly persistenly darted..."
ReplyDeleteWolf Solent - John Cowper Powys
"persistently" - Arrgggg - I hate my typos.
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