General Zaroff, one who hunts prey and states that hunting humans seems to be more challenging and fun than hunting animals, told Rainsford this as if he was comparing a human life to an addiction of smoking despite the fancy or familiar surroundings. He shows his enthusiasm of hunting humans as a form of a game and a vice.
(of a rock or other material) having minute spaces or holes through which liquid or air may pass.synonyms: permeable · penetrable · pervious · cellular · holey · [more]
4. <span>I seized the bell-rope; dropped it, ashamed; seized it again; dropped it once more; clutched it tremblingly once again, and pulled it so feebly that I could hardly hear the stroke myself.
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