rain-dark

Updated: May 22, 2025

Now the rain dropped in long, quick lines outside the window and the pavements below glowed like dark mirrors. Deputy Cochran, however, had become oblivious to the scene. His eyes withdrew themselves from the rain-dark and casually traced themselves over the memories his calling had left him. "There was Blacky Weed some years ago," he went on. "And Viana, the choir boy.

Ben Hecht - A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago