perturber's

Updated: January 6, 2026

The odour of the southernwood on the window-sill changed at once to laurel, rain-drenched, dark, and waving over tombs for the boy spellbound on the floor. All his shameful perturbation vanished, a trifling thing before the great Perturber's presence.

Neil Munro - Gilian The Dreamer: His Fancy, His Love and Adventure