Can you scare me up a little bit of love?

[cyrano]

In honor of Windrose's short story submission, this week's IFAMAQ will have a literary option: You may ask me a question as a character in any novel (although the answer will be probably better if I've read the novel in question) and I shall attempt to answer in as fine a form as I can manage.

Traditional 'ask me a question' questions are of course still welcome.