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cimoreneto one unacquainted with mirrors it is always helpful to have the objective evaluation of others regarding little details of personal appearance, for example: "the hellish look that i had heard described seemed to leap into his face. his eyes flamed red with devilish passion; the great nostrils of his white aquiline nose opened wide and quivered at the edge..."
fred saberhagen, the dracula tape,poking fun at quoting bram stoker, dracula
"i had a good view of him. his face was not a good face"--but one full of character, hey m'dear? "it was hard and cruel, and sensual, and his big white teeth, that looked all the whiter because his lips were so red, were pointed like an animal's." the better to--but nevermind.
"it seemed that a long time must have passed before he raised his foul, awful, sneering mouth away. i saw it drip with blood!" to drink fresh blood from two small punctures on a living throat is difficult enough without trying to sneer at the same time; but mina was giving her audience precisely what it wanted to hear...
again van helsing's answer was yes. i paraphrase, omitting some five hundred words.
hahaha. damn saberhagen for being both old and married.
fred saberhagen, the dracula tape,
"i had a good view of him. his face was not a good face"--but one full of character, hey m'dear? "it was hard and cruel, and sensual, and his big white teeth, that looked all the whiter because his lips were so red, were pointed like an animal's." the better to--but nevermind.
"it seemed that a long time must have passed before he raised his foul, awful, sneering mouth away. i saw it drip with blood!" to drink fresh blood from two small punctures on a living throat is difficult enough without trying to sneer at the same time; but mina was giving her audience precisely what it wanted to hear...
again van helsing's answer was yes. i paraphrase, omitting some five hundred words.
hahaha. damn saberhagen for being both old and married.
