The inhabitants were pure-impure pagans.

He should be moving the covered furniture, or knocking down dusty paintings, jostling the ragged rug or rapping on stained walls — all of the usual poltergeisty endeavors[…]

We may live civilizedly in the city, wear ties and read statistics, but we all carry our animal spirits within us.

After two weeks of sun, last night's rainfall was a blessing.