When Qanryf Morioch Sun-in-eye tells the datholch Ydwyr the Seeker that the captured human male is Junior Lieutenant Dominic Flandry:
"'Silence fell...'" (p. 278)
Silence suggests significance. Something significant said must be considered. Checking whether we had discussed this passage before, I searched the blog and found many silences falling. See here. (Scroll down.)
But, of course, silence of speech is underlined by background sounds:
"...except for the wind whose rising skirl began to pierce the heavily insulated walls." (ibid.)
As this chapter proceeds, the wind loudens, then yammers. It is rarely silent.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Silence, sounds, both eloquently commenting on the problem of the moment! Subtle details readers should sometimes try to remember appreciating.
Ad astra! Sean
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