The Gorgons Gaze # 2 (Companions Quartet)
“It felt very private and very old. She hesitated, doubtful that she would be allowed to go in. It did not look the kind of place to welcome children. Horace, however, was already striding determinedly across the cobbles. Antonia gave Connie a nudge.
“Go on. It’ll be fine,” she said. “I felt like that, too, the first time.”
With this encouragement, Connie abandoned her doubts and followed Horace. She lifted her eyes to the roof. Water sprite gargoyles supported the guttering, ready to spout thro...ugh rounded mouths as if they were singing rain. As she crossed the courtyard, she saw over every window a frieze of creatures: centaurs jousting with pegasi; dragons flying just out of reach of a writhing mass of Kraken tentacles; sirens singing on their rocks while griffins whirled in the sky; rock dwarfs hammering on an anvil with a weather giant working the bellows. Each was like a carved advertisement for the Society’s secret purpose laid out for all to see, but in a way that only members would understand.MoreLess
“Go on. It’ll be fine,” she said. “I felt like that, too, the first time.”
With this encouragement, Connie abandoned her doubts and followed Horace. She lifted her eyes to the roof. Water sprite gargoyles supported the guttering, ready to spout thro...ugh rounded mouths as if they were singing rain. As she crossed the courtyard, she saw over every window a frieze of creatures: centaurs jousting with pegasi; dragons flying just out of reach of a writhing mass of Kraken tentacles; sirens singing on their rocks while griffins whirled in the sky; rock dwarfs hammering on an anvil with a weather giant working the bellows. Each was like a carved advertisement for the Society’s secret purpose laid out for all to see, but in a way that only members would understand.MoreLess
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