Word: smitten
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Small wonder that the fantasy of India swamped the reality for so many smitten Western voyagers. Ordinary rituals had an everyday storybook magic, and art, craft and libido all worked as one. Diamonds were crushed into pigment; rubies were used for adornment and pounded into aphrodisiacal potions. In such a context, the grandeur of these court clothes seems almost casual. It is impossible to resist the impact of a coat--cut for a maharajah who stood 6 ft. 9 in.--made of silk and interlined, for warmth, with rustling handmade rag paper. All that captures the eye. But what holds...
...tragedian; the best he could manage was Pagliacci. These are the years of Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the original Liza. Shaw was lured to her drawing room, Laurence notes, "at which time, by Mrs. Campbell's subtle contrivance, her bosom and his fingertips came into fleeting contact." Shaw is instantly smitten; he confesses to a friend, "I am on the verge of 56. There has never been anything so ridiculous, or so delightful, in the history of the world...
Many veterans have been smitten this way. Before Paul Silas reached Boston, he was the first solid brick in the foundation of the Phoenix Suns, and after Silas departed four years later, he helped Seattle win a World Championship. But in retirement he thinks of himself as a Celtic. Bailey Howell may have been a better player in Detroit and Baltimore, but he is a Celtic. Though Wayne Embry was just a momentary understudy for Bill Russell in Boston, it is as if he never cared about having started all those years in Cincinnati. Carr reasons, "Everybody in sports...
...eight romantics, Kilty grants only the men the opportunity to let go. During a scene in which the love-smitten Spaniards spy on each other mooning over their loved one's virtues, only Ben Evett crosses the line into the merely silly. The foursome fare much better disguised as dancing Cossacks, taking their roles a little less seriously. Thomas Derrah stuffs King Ferdinand's shirt full enough to make his vow seem like an everyday stunt. Jones, as the Princess, is unable to cut as distinctive a swath, and of her attendants, only Laurie Gallucio appears as a likely candidate...
...pair of alluring hazel eyes cannot be far away. This time they are blinked by Catalina Urrutia, a Cuban translator, moralist and flirt. After the requisite tango, the CIA man and the beautiful bilinguist end up in the percales. Heavy breathing leads to weighty revelations, and the smitten Catalina shows Blackford her ultimate secret: four medium-range Soviet ballistic missiles hidden in the hinterland...