Exercise

In this excerpt from Stardust, Neil Gaiman details the town of Wall in a matter of fact, gruff manner.  The town sits "on a high jut of granite amidst a small forest woodland."  The atmosphere surrounding "grey stone, with dark slate roofs and high chimneys" whispers of the subtle monotony that the quaint town has.  "Grey and tall and stocky as the granite outcrop their town was built upon" are the inhabitants described in an unvarnished plain-dealing diction.