These phenomena mimic the interior neurological phenomena of Shade's actual cerebral hemmorage in progress. Compare the trip from Zembla with its blockages, flashings and rumblings. It's one of VN's discreet little mini-masterpieces of metaphor and semaphore. All in the archives, children!

Carolyn


On Jul 29, 2012, at 1:12 PM, Jansy wrote:

Hardly had the girls settled down when an electric storm that was to last all night enveloped their refuge with such theatrical ululations and flashes as to make it impossible to attend to any indoor sounds or lights."

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