Friday, April 10, 2009

Herbert James Draper Day and the Dawnstar

Herbert James Draper Day and the DawnstarGeorge Inness The Delaware Water GapGeorge Inness Spring
'The hat's talking through him, you mean,' said Conina, and she backed away too, as one tends to do in the presence of horror.
'Eh?'
'I will not harm you. You have been of some service,' said Abrim, stepping forwards with his hands out. 'But you are , not taking her eyes off the ghastly figure.
'I'm looking up the Index of Wandering Monsters,' said Nijel. 'Do you think it's an Undead? They're awfully difficult to kill, you need garlic and,-’
'You won't find this in there,' said Rincewind slowly. 'It's - it's a vampire hat.'
'Of course, it might be a Zombie,' said Nijel, running his finger down a page. 'It says here you need black pepper and sea salt, but-’
'You're supposed to fight the bloody things, not right. He thought he could gain power through wearing me. Of course, it is the other way around. An astonishingly devious and clever mind.''So you tried his head on for size?' said Rincewind. He shuddered. He'd worn the hat. Obviously he didn't have the right kind of mind. Abrim did have the right kind of mind, and now his eyes were grey and colourless, his skin was pale and he walked as though his body was hanging down from his head.Nijel had pulled out his book and was riffling feverishly through the pages.'What on earth are you doing?' said Conina

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