A few Attolia moments
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queensthief"'The queen of Eddis collected him personally,' Relius said. 'She and her Thief. They evidently picnicked on the way back. They are reported to be...close.'
...'Get out,' the queen ordered abruptly.
...followed by nearby amphoras and one of the heavy carved dining chairs as the usually cold-blooded queen picked it off the ground and threw it. ...She was thinking. As the servants righted the dining table and cleared away the mess, she tried to assess the danger that Eugenides had become."
(p. 167 HarperTrophy paperback)
what is the danger?
...'Get out,' the queen ordered abruptly.
...followed by nearby amphoras and one of the heavy carved dining chairs as the usually cold-blooded queen picked it off the ground and threw it. ...She was thinking. As the servants righted the dining table and cleared away the mess, she tried to assess the danger that Eugenides had become."
(p. 167 HarperTrophy paperback)
what is the danger?
"He bent down and kissed her briefly on the lips.
Shocked, she pulled her face away and kicked at the blankets binding her legs. By the time she was standing, livid with fury, Eugenides was gone, and the flap of the tent had dropped behind him." (290)
livid with fury?
*pauses a moment to savor how lovely "the blankets binding her legs" sounds*
Shocked, she pulled her face away and kicked at the blankets binding her legs. By the time she was standing, livid with fury, Eugenides was gone, and the flap of the tent had dropped behind him." (290)
livid with fury?
*pauses a moment to savor how lovely "the blankets binding her legs" sounds*
"'Where there's life there's hope, Eugenides,' Attolia said as she looked him over." (298)
is she planning, even here, to keep her word? Also, here, she looks him over for injury, very carefully.
is she planning, even here, to keep her word? Also, here, she looks him over for injury, very carefully.
"'Oh'--he tried unsuccessfully to keep the tremor out of his voice--'grovel, I suppose.'
'I've heard you do that before,' said Attolia, briefly amused in spite of herself." (298)
what's she amused at?
the link between the four of these, I think, is the deeper question of when does she realize she loves him? I mean, she knows when she looks in the room and thinks he has died, but where is (if it's there at all) the transition in the Mede rescue scene? When does she first suspect?
'I've heard you do that before,' said Attolia, briefly amused in spite of herself." (298)
what's she amused at?
the link between the four of these, I think, is the deeper question of when does she realize she loves him? I mean, she knows when she looks in the room and thinks he has died, but where is (if it's there at all) the transition in the Mede rescue scene? When does she first suspect?
