The Whispering Mountain (2012)
““Alack, more yellow comestibles,” sighed the Seljuk.
Arabis thought he would hardly be able to eat much, anyway, considering the quantity of oyster stew he had just consumed, but when the majordomo ushered them into the dining-room and she stationed herself correctly behind his chair, she was astonished to see him tuck into curried eggs, chicken with saffron, smoked haddock with mustard sauce, peaches, bananas, and yellow plums, as if he had never eaten in his life before.
Arabis, for her part,... was almost fully absorbed in studying the Marquess of Malyn. Brought up to think of him as a kind of ogre, she had expected an uglier man than, on first inspection, she found him; but when she looked again at his strange deep yellow eyes a shudder of repulsion and fear nearly made her drop the cloth-of-gold napkin which she was trying to fasten under the Seljuk’s double chin. The Marquess did not so much as notice her; his eyes passed her without the faintest interest, and for this she was thankful.MoreLess
Arabis thought he would hardly be able to eat much, anyway, considering the quantity of oyster stew he had just consumed, but when the majordomo ushered them into the dining-room and she stationed herself correctly behind his chair, she was astonished to see him tuck into curried eggs, chicken with saffron, smoked haddock with mustard sauce, peaches, bananas, and yellow plums, as if he had never eaten in his life before.
Arabis, for her part,... was almost fully absorbed in studying the Marquess of Malyn. Brought up to think of him as a kind of ogre, she had expected an uglier man than, on first inspection, she found him; but when she looked again at his strange deep yellow eyes a shudder of repulsion and fear nearly made her drop the cloth-of-gold napkin which she was trying to fasten under the Seljuk’s double chin. The Marquess did not so much as notice her; his eyes passed her without the faintest interest, and for this she was thankful.MoreLess
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