Reading progress update: I've read 71%.
And the traitor who attempted murder is squashed like a bug under a collapsing stone roof!
Serves him right.
"He lies but a mangled, crushed, and festering corpse."
Man, this book is taking forever. Too much rambling between the interesting parts.
And we're still not sure if Varney really is or is not a vampire.
I keep thinking of Peppers line in Annie: We're never gonna get there.
