"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..."
I'm a bookseller and a used books buyer of more than 30 years experience and a lifelong bibliophile. I've been married in all but legality to my husband Allen for more than 35 years.
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!"
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ReplyDeleteWolf Solent - John Cowper Powys
"persistently" - Arrgggg - I hate my typos.
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