Thursday, August 8, 2013

Similes from Midnight Is a Place

"When Lucas arrived at the Oak Chamber, he saw that last night's scene of confusion had not greatly altered.  The traveling gear had been tidied away, but the room was still littered with immense quantities of small garments--muslin chemises, petticoats, fichus, heaven knew what; the place looked as if a hurricane or snowstorm had blown through a forest of handkerchief trees.  In the midst of this chaos, the small Anna-Marie sat like a white double hollyhock, in two petticoats and a cambric jacket, with a sulky rebellious expression on her wan face and her mouth set in a mutinous line."

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