Outside St. Clement's Cathedral

(St. Clement's Cathedral, Prague.)

A Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows, XVIII.

"Bodin Miyatovich and his wife waited outside. The weather was milder than before, as if a ghost of springtime flitted fugitive ahead of winter." (p. 577)

The pathetic fallacy never lets up. Flandry is about to tell Miyatovich that he has found a way forward. Appropriately, the weather mildens as a ghost - also appropriate - of springtime flits through.

Sounds never let up either:

"Traffic boomed in the street. Walkers cast glances at the three on the stairs, spoke to whatever companion they had, but didn't stop; they taught good manners on Dennitza." (ibid.)

Another good word about Dennitza, where Flandry would have stayed if Kossara had lived. Passersby glance at all three. The Gospodar and his wife are planetary celebrities and Flandry has become one. He even ran the provisional government after defeating the coup.

More tomoz.