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….And of course, “I looked at him.”
Eyes, looks, communication outside of language, perception; perceiving. Seeing is believing after all. To glimpse is to understand. Deception is at the core of these characters - self, others; and the stakes are high: “We had, in effect, been playing a deadly game and he was the winner. He was the winner in spite of the fact that I had cheated to win.”
— Aug 12, 2025 07:50AM
Eyes, looks, communication outside of language, perception; perceiving. Seeing is believing after all. To glimpse is to understand. Deception is at the core of these characters - self, others; and the stakes are high: “We had, in effect, been playing a deadly game and he was the winner. He was the winner in spite of the fact that I had cheated to win.”
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“Giovanni sharply caught my hand, conveying to me with an angry flick of his eyelash the intelligence that the least these dirty old men could do was pay.”
“And he looked at me with malice and mockery and something else; he looked at me as though I were very far away. “
“Giovanni looked at me. And this look made me feel that no one in my life had ever looked at me directly before.”
— Aug 12, 2025 07:47AM
“And he looked at me with malice and mockery and something else; he looked at me as though I were very far away. “
“Giovanni looked at me. And this look made me feel that no one in my life had ever looked at me directly before.”
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Baldwin is obsessed with the looks we give each other - knowing, latent with hidden meaning, furtive glances:
“there was a click of speculation infinitesimally double behind her eyes when she looked at me. In a moment, however, she knows that she will understand it all.”
“He and Guillaume, Giovanni still smiling, exchanged a look which I would not have been able to read even if I had dared to try;”
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— Aug 12, 2025 07:47AM
“there was a click of speculation infinitesimally double behind her eyes when she looked at me. In a moment, however, she knows that she will understand it all.”
“He and Guillaume, Giovanni still smiling, exchanged a look which I would not have been able to read even if I had dared to try;”
TBC
