ATDTDA (9): Nemesis, 243-248
Monte Davis
monte.davis at verizon.net
Mon May 21 15:36:40 CDT 2007
> "the ambiguous smell of molten
> glass rising from the vomitoria beneath them"
Anyone else have a problem with this? I've been in glassworks, and I'd call
it not ambiguous but indetectible: you may get a whiff of various heated
implements (some traditional glassworks use wooden tools protected by a
layer of char) and receptacles, but the glass itself has no odor.
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