Four Senses In The Ceram Sea

OK. I will record another literary appeal to four of the senses and then I am finished for the night. When SM Stirling's Montivallan and Capricornian characters recline and rest after a sea battle, they:

receive light from many stars, the moon, lamps on poles above fire-pits and larger lanterns;

hear palms rustling above;

smell the scent, described as both heavy and sweet, from a frangipani tree.

One of their number, Pip, enjoys feeling clean, wearing fresh clothes and smelling dinner.

Reading a descriptive passage and spotting a reference to one of the senses, we start to look out for at least two more and usually find them. Even if not consciously remembered, these sensory details are bound to add a subliminal substance as we read the subsequent discussion between the characters still enjoying these sensations.

Prince Of Outcasts, Chapter Fifteen.