Because she knows how to give a girl a good time, maryrobinette has tagged me with the "Nearest Book Meme", with a two back jump.

Here are your rules:

1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people and post a comment to maryrobinette's blog (your tagees will post to mine, etc.) once you've posted your three sentences.

The nearest book is The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe, and here are my sentences:

"And now the moon was high over the woods, touching their summits with yellow light, and darting between the foliage long level beams; while on the rapid Garonne below, the trembling radiance was faintly obscured by the lightest vapour. Emily long watched the playing lustre; listened to the soothing murmur of the current, and the yet lighter sounds of the air as it stirred at intervals the lofty palm-trees.

"'How delightful is the sweet breath of these groves!' said she."

And that will certainly teach me to have a copy of some sort of Dick and Jane omnibus nearby, just long enough to have 123 pages :).

Thanks, Mary--much fun.

Now, for my tagees:

chris_reynaga
eric_mayer
haddayr
mroctober
mznetta