What Happened At Hazelwood? (2012)
“She was very composedly posed for Willoughby Simney in a room behind her father’s smithy. Her figure might be described as nubile (ask auntie Flo that one) and Willoughby had persuaded her to expose rather more of it than was altogether proper in one who was not a model by profession. But I don’t think that this young man dabbles in paints to any fleshly end. Whether he has real promise as a painter I have, of course, no idea. But he was genuinely absorbed in the job he was about. The sky was l...eaden – perhaps with a promise of fresh snow – and a dull diffused light came from the window. Through an open door flickered a red glow from Mr Fairey’s forge; it played on Jane’s shoulders; and I don’t doubt that the result was sufficiently complex to tax whatever technique Willoughby had.
This interview, or double interview, was entirely the chief’s. And it taxed his technique too.
‘It must be a great adventure to you, Mr Simney,’ he said smoothly, ‘to have so fine a collection of Old Masters at the Hall.MoreLess
This interview, or double interview, was entirely the chief’s. And it taxed his technique too.
‘It must be a great adventure to you, Mr Simney,’ he said smoothly, ‘to have so fine a collection of Old Masters at the Hall.MoreLess
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