I, of course, am thinking about the varient texts of this that we read in Babcock's textual criticism class last year...
"the still eyes in the white face" reminds me somehow of Edward Gorey's works. Or maybe something like Gorey crossed with Alma-Tadema (sp?) Which would be a weird combination.
The clock on this computer reminds me I'm spending too much time reading this, instead of Order and Exclusion.