Angels of the Flood
“She sat up and switched on the light, told herself not to be such a drama queen. Look on the bright side, her sensible voice told her. If she was fated to spend a sleepless night, then she couldn’t have chosen a better room. Five-star insomnia was guaranteed at La Rocca.
Like all the rooms in the house, this one was high-ceilinged, with lofty beams and tall windows shuttered against the chill night air. There was not much furniture, but the few pieces were exquisite: a huge half-canopy antique ...bed, an eighteenth-century painted wardrobe complete with dancing nymphs and swags of fruit and leaves, a couple of chairs and a writing table and thick rugs underfoot. Three of the paintings, a fifteenth-century annunciation, a landscape by Claude and an orchard scene by Sisley, were well worth staying awake for. No wonder Simona employed someone to patrol the grounds at night.
There had been no satisfactory explanation for the shooting. Dino was nowhere to be found, and though she didn’t say so, it was obvious that Simona still believed he only ever fired blanks.MoreLess
Like all the rooms in the house, this one was high-ceilinged, with lofty beams and tall windows shuttered against the chill night air. There was not much furniture, but the few pieces were exquisite: a huge half-canopy antique ...bed, an eighteenth-century painted wardrobe complete with dancing nymphs and swags of fruit and leaves, a couple of chairs and a writing table and thick rugs underfoot. Three of the paintings, a fifteenth-century annunciation, a landscape by Claude and an orchard scene by Sisley, were well worth staying awake for. No wonder Simona employed someone to patrol the grounds at night.
There had been no satisfactory explanation for the shooting. Dino was nowhere to be found, and though she didn’t say so, it was obvious that Simona still believed he only ever fired blanks.MoreLess
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