" Good eye for measurements too. I've no idea how she does it."
He leans over to hold the book out for Jehan's view, without actually letting go of it. The Lottery and Other Stories, says the cover in neat lettering. "Shirley Jackson. Brilliant stuff. America finally started turning out writers worth reading; you'll have to read her, sometime. But--!" he lifts Jackson back out of range, and leans across Jehan to pull up a rather thicker book resting against a leg of the couch. "--not today. Today, you're reading someone more familiar."
The book is thick and bound in red. The spine has most of the letters worn off, but Hugo is still legible. Bahorel puts the book in Jehan's hands and taps at a red ribbon bookmark sticking out a little more than halfway through the pages. "Start there; then I'll explain."
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Date: 2015-05-03 03:15 am (UTC)From:He leans over to hold the book out for Jehan's view, without actually letting go of it. The Lottery and Other Stories, says the cover in neat lettering. "Shirley Jackson. Brilliant stuff. America finally started turning out writers worth reading; you'll have to read her, sometime. But--!" he lifts Jackson back out of range, and leans across Jehan to pull up a rather thicker book resting against a leg of the couch. "--not today. Today, you're reading someone more familiar."
The book is thick and bound in red. The spine has most of the letters worn off, but Hugo is still legible. Bahorel puts the book in Jehan's hands and taps at a red ribbon bookmark sticking out a little more than halfway through the pages. "Start there; then I'll explain."