Everard, Wanda and Volstrup are in an unaltered 1137 but with a beta alteration ahead of them. Their mood is:
"...as bleak as the December day outside." (p. 374)
The weather always obliges. I have found an image of Palermo with clouds instead of a blue sky.
When Volstrup agrees to answer Everard's questions, his reply is "...barely audible..." and:
"In the gloom his nutcracker face showed pale. Outside, wind whooped and a dash of rain blew from wolf-grey heaven." (p. 376)
The wind never lets up. A dash of rain could mean an approaching storm and a wolf-colored sky suggests a celestial menace.
Kaor, Paul!
ReplyDeleteIn a less competent writer this use of the winds and weather would have been clunky and obtrusive. But I don't that was true of Anderson's stories, including even the earliest.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
ReplyDeleteI think that most readers are affected by the metaphors and pathetic fallacies without reflecting on them.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
ReplyDeleteThat was certainly the case with me, before I found this blog!
Ad astra! Sean