How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
He might have been anywhere between thirty-five and fifty-seven years of age, with a blandness… (4.28)
Mr. Jerome is hard to read from the beginning, and he doesn't get any more helpful when he's pressed for info about the mysterious mistress of the night. (Also, seriously? Why not fifty-eight? That seems awfully random.)
Quote #5
She was dressed in deepest black, in the style of full mourning that had rather gone out of fashion... (4.40)
The fact that she's in old-timey clothes is the first hint that she might be from another era, a.k.a. a ghostly being.
Quote #6
I did not stare, even the swift glance I took of the woman showed me enough to recognize that she was suffering from some terrible wasting disease, for not only was she extremely pale… only the thinnest layer of flesh was tautly stretched and strained across her bones… (4.40)
Not hot: when your skin looks like it's straining over your bones and you have a wasting disease. Eat a sandwich and put on some makeup, girl!