The Odd Job (2012)
“Had it been in Dolores’s mind to work up a new clientele in that same field? Surely she wouldn’t have dared go back to copying old masters.
“Anything you want me for, Mrs. Bittersohn?”
“Oh.” Sarah had almost forgotten that Officer Drummond was with her, it was hardly fair to keep the man standing around with nothing to do. “I’m sorry. I’ve been trying to get my bearings, it’s so long since I’ve been here. Why don’t you sit down in that armchair and take a rest while I poke around? It shouldn’t ...take long.”
She found pretty much what she’d expected. Partitioned off from the big studio was a slit of a bedroom with space for no more than a single bed, a tallish but not very wide chest of drawers, and a narrow standing cupboard of enameled steel that held Dolores’s few beige or tan dresses and skirts, her sturdy tan working shoes and a slightly less utilitarian pair for dress-up, a robe, a nightgown, a pair of house slippers, and a couple of felt hats, one beige, one tan.MoreLess
“Anything you want me for, Mrs. Bittersohn?”
“Oh.” Sarah had almost forgotten that Officer Drummond was with her, it was hardly fair to keep the man standing around with nothing to do. “I’m sorry. I’ve been trying to get my bearings, it’s so long since I’ve been here. Why don’t you sit down in that armchair and take a rest while I poke around? It shouldn’t ...take long.”
She found pretty much what she’d expected. Partitioned off from the big studio was a slit of a bedroom with space for no more than a single bed, a tallish but not very wide chest of drawers, and a narrow standing cupboard of enameled steel that held Dolores’s few beige or tan dresses and skirts, her sturdy tan working shoes and a slightly less utilitarian pair for dress-up, a robe, a nightgown, a pair of house slippers, and a couple of felt hats, one beige, one tan.MoreLess
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