Fiendish Schemes (2013)
“I wrapped my arms more tightly about myself, shivering inside my thin jacket. The offshore winds had quickened, driving away the rain clouds, but also chilling the flesh on one’s bones.
“To a certain degree,” I replied to Stonebrake. “But as with so much of Nature, I would appreciate it even more from indoors, gazing out through a window.”
“You’ll soon have all the windows you could ever desire—a townhouse replete with them.” Stonebrake turned to look back at me, the waves surging to th...e height of his knees. “The only Nature you’ll likely see would be your manicured gardens.”
He had led me out from the inn, to a sandy cove bulwarked with craggy rocks. Leaving me a few yards behind, he had plunged out into the foaming surf, seemingly deriving some obscure pleasure from the pull of the tide against his legs. Above us, the stars glittered with icy crystallinity, dimming when the brighter glow of the distant lighthouse swept past us.MoreLess
“To a certain degree,” I replied to Stonebrake. “But as with so much of Nature, I would appreciate it even more from indoors, gazing out through a window.”
“You’ll soon have all the windows you could ever desire—a townhouse replete with them.” Stonebrake turned to look back at me, the waves surging to th...e height of his knees. “The only Nature you’ll likely see would be your manicured gardens.”
He had led me out from the inn, to a sandy cove bulwarked with craggy rocks. Leaving me a few yards behind, he had plunged out into the foaming surf, seemingly deriving some obscure pleasure from the pull of the tide against his legs. Above us, the stars glittered with icy crystallinity, dimming when the brighter glow of the distant lighthouse swept past us.MoreLess
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