John William Waterhouse The Siren painting

John William Waterhouse The Siren paintingJohn William Waterhouse The Lady Clare paintingJohn William Waterhouse The Awakening of Adonis painting
to construct everything from scratch, would have to invent the ground beneath his feet before he could take a step, only there was no need now to worry about such matters, because here in front of him was the inevitable: the tall, bony figure of Death, in a wide-brimmed straw hat, with a dark cloak flapping in the breeze. Death, leaning on a silverheaded cane, wearing olive-green Wellington boots. Nielson, director of the Dream and Nightmare Laboratory at Montreal's Sacré-Coeur Hospital, commended the research for its technically sophisticated techniques, although he said the structure of the experiment could have been stronger.
Nielson, who was not involved in the study, said he's intrigued that the odors influenced dreams indirectly through emotions, rather than through the direct incorporation of smells.
"What do you imagine yourselves to be doing here?" Death wanted to know. "This is private property. There's a sign." Said in a woman's voice that was somewhat tremulous and more than somewhat thrilled.
A few moments later, Death bent over him -- _to kiss me_, he panicked silently. _To suck the breath from my body_. He made small, futile movements of protest.