Monday 14 March 2011

Page 566

'He was fighting to regain control, there was almost a touch of apology in his smile, the apology of a child pleading for indulgence, but there was also an adult's amusement, the laughing declaration that he did not have to hide his struggle, since it was happiness that he was wrestling with, not pain.'

Page 565

'When she was close enough and she could distinguish his face, she saw the look of that luminous gaiety which transcends the solemn by proclaiming the great innocence of a man who has earned the right to be light-hearted.'

The next line actually mentions that he's smiling and whistling, so this picture is probably wrong. It was hard enough to do as it is though, so let's be reasonable.

Page 487

'Dagny's mouth showed a faint line of astonishment and of contempt.'

The way I read this (given the context), Dagny is being courteous and polite to another woman (specifically, her lover's wife), so apart from this hint of her emotion in her mouth, the rest of her face is more socially appropriate. So I'm trying to localise the astonishment and contempt to my mouth only.