“This was all the easier because Mr. Marvell was so matter of fact about the whole thing – the picture might have been a still life of a jar of roses, or of a cabbage, rather than the naked figure of his wife. After all, he’s her husband, thought Barbara vaguely, and that seemed to help.”

“This was all the easier because Mr. Marvell was so matter of fact about the whole thing – the picture might have been a still life of a jar of roses, or of a cabbage, rather than the naked figure of his wife. After all, he’s her husband, thought Barbara vaguely, and that seemed to help.”

— D.E. Stevenson