Song for Arbonne SPOILERS of the sort

[dumbledore11214]

Alla:

I posted this quote elsewhere, but recently I want to talk and talk 
about this book by Kay in particular and pretty much all his books as 
some people know. But probably this book I love the best.

So why am I posting this quote from Song for Arbonne here? Well, to 
introduce Snape like character, whom I love so much and hoping that 
some people read this book, since God knows I bugged Zara who 
recommended this book to me enough :-)


Now, when I am saying that the character described in this quote is 
Snape like, it does not mean of course that all circumstances of his 
life is just like Snape's, but in a very important way and I believe 
more than one he reminds me of Snape.




"He was huge, Blaise saw, robed in extravagantly expensive dark green 
satin trimmed with white fur, even in summer. Easily sixty years old, 
his grey hair cropped close like a soldier's, he stood lightly 
balanced, for all his size, and his posture was straight backed and 
arrogant. 
"What am I doing here?" he echoed mockingly. The voice was memorable, 
deep and resonant. "Isn't this where the singers are? Is this not 
Carnival? Cannot a man seek the solace and pleasure of music at such 
a time? 
"You hate musicians," Bertrain de Talair said harshly, biting off his 
words. He still had not turned. "You kill singers, remember? 
"Only the impertinent ones," the other man said indifferently. "Only 
those who forget where they are and sing what they should not. And 
that was a long time ago, after all. Men can chance, surely, as we 
move towards our waiting graves. Age can mellow us." There was 
nothing mellow about that tone though. What Blaise heard was mockery, 
savage, acid-dipped" - p.133