#vendetta!

[elucubrare]

It was one of the loveliest evenings possible, even in that lovely land—a soft breeze blew in from the sea—the sky was pearl-like and pure as an opal, yet bright with delicate shifting clouds of crimson and pale mauve—small, fleecy flecks of Radiance, that looked like a shower of blossoms fallen from some far invisible flower-land. 

take arms against a sea of adjectives and by opposing edit them

[elucubrare]

"Ha! ha!" he muttered, half to himself, half to me. "Good—good! Here is one like myself—not afraid—not afraid! We are not cowards. We do not find fault with the blessed saints—they send the plague. The beautiful plague!—I love it! I buy all the clothes I can get that are taken from the corpses—they are nearly always excellent clothes. I never clean them—I sell them again at once—yes—yes! Why not? The people must die—the sooner the better! I help the good God as much as I can." And the old blasphemer crossed himself devoutly.

W H A T 

[elucubrare]

I knew I had succeeded at last, for I overheard a waiter speaking of me to his companion as "the white bear!"

Look. I have been trying so hard not to make sexuality jokes every time she uses "gay" because that's cheap and low-hanging fruit. But she's really not making it easy for me.

[elucubrare]

this is from one of Marie Corelli's other works, which is, by the way, called The Hired Baby, and my question is, why do we make fun of Bulwer Lytton when she's right there 

[elucubrare]

with a kindly light on his brown face like the reflection of a fadeless sunbeam.

this is not, I don't think, objectively worse than anything else in this horrible thing, but it did make me say "like what" aloud 

[elucubrare]

I thought, and soon decided. Nothing was easier than to feign weak sight—sight that was dazzled by the heat and brilliancy of the southern sunshine, I would wear smoke-colored glasses. I bought them as soon as the idea occurred to me, and alone in my room before the mirror I tried their effect. 

hello! Count Fabio Romani is That Asshole who wears sunglasses inside.

[thespliffbunker]

This is a public service announcement… with guitars…. be advised !!

🧨💥VENDETTA💥🧨