I put the familiar faces on the characters when I read the Perry Mason novels. But I can never picture Raymond Burr pacing in the office with his thumbs hooked in the armholes of his vest. E.S. Gardner uses that imagery all the time. And then there's this: "Mason pushed his hands down deep in his trousers pockets." Sometimes Ray will stand with a hand in one pocket but both of them pushed down like he's wearing blue jeans? No.
This interchange, however, I can picture.
This interchange, however, I can picture.
"Of course, Della, I'm always suspicious of district attorneys." "And they're always suspicious of you, eh?" she said.
The Case of the Drowning Duck, Erle Stanly Gardner, 1942,
Pocket Book edition 1949, p. 53.