Book of Unholy Mischief - First Sitting

Favourite sentences:

*** Even with my stomach comfortably full, my mouth watered at the sight of so much meat, rubbed with spices, browning, and dripping fat. The seductive sight of poultry roasting and the smell of bread baking blended with the sounds of knives chopping, pots bubbling, and pans sizzling. The sensory glut verged on erotic. p7.

* Without teachers, humankind would be sitting in a cold, dark, clammy cave, picking nits and wondering how Grandfather started his legendary fire. p4.


Dictionary consulted:

* doge. p1. formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
* Circassian. p2. a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern Caucasia.
*** mien. p6. Bearing or manner, especially as it reveals an inner state of mind.
* majordomo. p8. Is a mailing list manager written in Perl, yet here refers to: a head steward of a large household (as a palace).
** susurration. p20. a whispering sound or soft rustling. Also susurrus. — susurrant, susurrous, adj.