Famous painting
To my surprise his eyes twinkled suddenly. "Perhaps it is that I like to mount you on your romantic high horse,Hastings.You are always the true knight-ready to come to the rescue ofdamsels in distress-good-looking damsels,bien entendu." "How ridiculous you are,Poirot,"I said,unable to keep from laughing. "Ah,well,one cannot be tragic all the time. More and more I interest myself in the human developments that arise outof this tragedy.It is three dramas of family life that we have there. First there is Andover-the whole tragic life of Mrs Ascher,herstruggles,her support of her German husband,the devotion of her niece.Thatalone would make a novel.Then you have Bexhill-the happy
Famous painting
easy-going fatherand mother,the two daughters so widely differing from each other-the prettyfluffy fool,and the intense,strong-willed Megan with her clearintelligence and her ruthless passion for truth.And the other figure-theself-controlled young Scotsman with his passionate jealousy and his worshipof the dead girl.Finally you have the Churston household-the dying wife,andthe husband absorbed in his collections,but with a growing tenderness andsympathy for the beautiful girl who helps him so sympathetically,and thenthe younger brother,vigorous,attractive,interesting,with a romanticglamour about him from his long travels.
Famous painting
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
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