It had, in fact, been born some nine or ten months before and possessed the appropriate number of teeth and skills for a child of that age. I use the word "infant" in its loosest interpretation. Stoker dandled the infant on his knee and it regarded him solemnly, eyes wide and round.
(The fact that he was superbly fit and partial to reciting Keats in moments of tenderness entered into my assessment of him not in the slightest. From his thirst for adventure to his avid intelligence, Stoker was an eminently likeable man when he was in good spirits. I could not find fault with the child on that score. He took it with good grace and it emitted a sort of cooing sound. It is decidedly moist," I protested to Stoker, thrusting the child towards him. I do not care for infants, and even if I did, I should not care for this one.
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