Venus and Cupid

Venus and Cupid
Vermeer girl with the pearl earring
virgin of the rocks
Woman with a Parasol
Yes, I saw her with you last night."
　　"But I really didn'tknow that you were here. It seemed such an unlikely place for you."
　　"I don't see why,"said Bess Sedgwick coldly. "It's far and away the most comfortable hotel in London. Why shouldn't I stay here?"
　　"You must understand that I hadn't any idea of… I mean –”
　　She looked at him and laughed. She was dressed readyto go out in a well cut dark suit and a shirt of bright emerald green. She looked gay andvery much alive. Beside her, Colonel Luscombe looked rather old and faded.
　　"Darling Derek, don'tlook so worried. I'm not accusing you of trying to stage amother and daughter sentimental meeting. It's just one ofthose things that happen; where people meet each other in unsuspected places. But you mustget Elvira out of here, Derek. You must get her out of it at once – today."