The Death of An Ambitious Woman
“Ruth could hear the deep pong of the doorbell as it echoed through the rooms. No answer. She turned and looked across the sweep of lawn. There was movement by the smaller house on the left arc of the drive. Ruth set off on foot.
It was hard to tell what purpose the building had originally served. It was a three-story building with a dormered roof, built in the same era as the main house. Had it been a gardener’s cottage? A guest house? The door was ajar. Ruth pushed it open and walked through. ...What she saw stopped her dead in her tracks.
The house had been gutted and refitted so its interior space comprised a single room—extending out to the walls and up to the rafters that had hung in the original attic. The walls and sloping ceilings were painted a glaring white. Skylights supplemented the light streaming in from three stories of windows. The floor was an expanse of polished oak.
But it wasn’t the architecture that seized Ruth’s attention. Rising from the floor, in some cases almost to the ceiling, were five pieces of sculpture.MoreLess
It was hard to tell what purpose the building had originally served. It was a three-story building with a dormered roof, built in the same era as the main house. Had it been a gardener’s cottage? A guest house? The door was ajar. Ruth pushed it open and walked through. ...What she saw stopped her dead in her tracks.
The house had been gutted and refitted so its interior space comprised a single room—extending out to the walls and up to the rafters that had hung in the original attic. The walls and sloping ceilings were painted a glaring white. Skylights supplemented the light streaming in from three stories of windows. The floor was an expanse of polished oak.
But it wasn’t the architecture that seized Ruth’s attention. Rising from the floor, in some cases almost to the ceiling, were five pieces of sculpture.MoreLess
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