Fewer arms
9 August 2023 12:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Doing the very final edits to Chapters 30 and 31, and discovering no fewer than five references to characters being held in 'his/her arms', to be altered in favour of other wording :-p
Raoul gets to keep the last one: "he could lose himself in her arms without a thought for Erik" :-p
- "found grateful oblivion in her arms"→"in her embrace"
- "Christine hit solid earth with an inelegant thud, knees buckling. Raoul's arms were round her from behind, straining her tight"→"Raoul caught her from behind, clasping her tight"
- "set his arms about Christine"→"caught Christine to him with a long sigh"
- "slept last night with her clasped safe in his arms"→"clasped close against his heart"
Raoul gets to keep the last one: "he could lose himself in her arms without a thought for Erik" :-p