• Was life, were human relations like this always, Therese wondered. Never solid ground underfoot. Always like gravel, a little yielding, noisy so the whole world could hear, so one always listened, too, for
On the second night I was awakened by the sounds of an intruder in the room—a raccoon that had climbed up that tree trunk, jumped to the balcony, and proceeded to rifle through my open suitcase, finding the plastic bag containing all of our electronics charging devices to its liking. I ...
Jupe stood quietly, his mind racing, trying to figure a way out of his predicament. "However, as I was once lenient with your friends, I cannot prom- 90 The Secret of the Three Impostors ise the same for you." He took a step closer to Jupe. "You prove to be a nuisance, round ...
from 1940 until 1963, (when he was quietly dismissed for his rather public presumption about who–or more precisely, what–really pulled the trigger on JFK, and later found dead of curare poisoning in a motel room in Galveston, Texas), would later claim that the afflicted DEPT. employees ...
NotwhenIhavevisitors,saidIsabel,gettinguptoreceivetheintruder。 Shedirectedtheircoursebacktothelibrarywhilethevisitorcontinuedtolookabouther。Youseemtohaveplentyofotherrooms。they’reinratherbettercondition。Buteverything’simmenselyworn。 Haveyoucometolookatthehouse?Isabelasked。Theservantwillshowittoyou。 Sendhe...
A few weeks ago, as my car crept quietly up the drive, I spotted her silhouette among the trees. I stopped when I was even with her and rolled down the window hoping to get a better view. She stood, not moving, staring back at me. Then to the right, I saw the fawn partially hi...
“Most excellent. Would you care for another dance before we go?” “Certainly,” I said. Only a few moments later the next song started, and we moved out onto the dance floor. As before, I made sure to pay attention to what was being said around me, filing away the most important...
When faced with a larger nest intruder, an ant may use its jaws to strike the invader, simultaneously flinging itself 8 or 9 inches away (a maneuver known as the “bouncer defense”). Therefore, it may snap its jaws against the ground, propelling itself into the air and out of the way...
this must all be handled quietly. The exos are intrinsically robust; the seed of Clarity within them has natural anti-Vex properties. Whatever taint they contain must therefore be a residual human weakness. Resident in their legacy architecture. So we will simply purge that architecture. ...
原著是以作者Patricia Highsmith自己的故事为原型的,她在快30岁时,在纽约Bloomingdale's百货公司的玩具区遇见了一位已婚妇女,并爱上了她。原著虽是第三人称,但基本是以Therese的视角写的,内心描写很丰富,用词很美,不算艰涩,读起来很流畅,很抓人,不忍释卷。读的过程中不断带入Cate和Rooney,因此十分有画面感,完全...