"She had emerged like a mole [from Nelson Place] into the daylight of Snow's restaurant and the Palace Pier" (51) (Simile)
When Pinkie takes Rose on their first date to Sherry's, he discovers that because of her poor, working-class background, she has never had the opportunity to get a drink and so does not even know any names of drinks when Pinkie offers to buy her one. She has emerged from one world into another and is dazzled by the new.
Sex as violence (Simile)
When Pinkie has sex for the first time with Rose, he feels that it is an even worse sin than the murders he has committed.
Mr. Prewitt's wife as the "old mole" (228) (Metaphor)
When Pinkie visits Mr. Prewitt at his house, he finds the man drunk and ranting about his wife, who is sweeping the cellar below the room where they are sitting. He complains about her appearance and lowliness, calling her an "old mole."
"His yellow shaven middle-aged face was deeply lined with legal descriptions" (124) (Metaphor)
Mr. Prewitt is introduced as an aging lawyer whose work for criminals and the mob has made him insensitive to things such as the insults hurled against him in court for the unscrupulousness of the work he does.
"It [vitriol] hissed like steam" (50) (Simile)
Pinkie shows Rose the effects of vitriol to scare her; Greene uses a simile to convey vividly the chemical potency of the acid.
