Diana's Altar
““Sarah! It’s me again! And you’ve got me for longer this time.” He stepped in and handed her his hat. “I’m waiting to see Doctor Hartest, who is due to visit any minute now. In fact I’m sure I saw her cycling down the road a moment ago. Now, Sarah, show me to the room where she conducts her surgery and I’ll make myself comfortable. When she arrives just tell her she has a visitor, will you?”
The small room at the back of the house was freshly painted and furnished with a modest set of chair...s and a table. East-facing, it must once have been a breakfast room, he guessed, as it was still lit by a late-morning autumn sun. The centrepiece of the room was an incongruous chaise longue, capacious and recently reupholstered in a dark green, plush velvet fabric. Joe had time to open up and check the contents of the two cupboards built into alcoves on either side of the chimney breast. Freshly laundered sheets in piles, towels, enamel bowls, jugs and medical paraphernalia.MoreLess
The small room at the back of the house was freshly painted and furnished with a modest set of chair...s and a table. East-facing, it must once have been a breakfast room, he guessed, as it was still lit by a late-morning autumn sun. The centrepiece of the room was an incongruous chaise longue, capacious and recently reupholstered in a dark green, plush velvet fabric. Joe had time to open up and check the contents of the two cupboards built into alcoves on either side of the chimney breast. Freshly laundered sheets in piles, towels, enamel bowls, jugs and medical paraphernalia.MoreLess
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