Tyringham Park A Novel by Rosemary McLoughlin

Author:Rosemary McLoughlin
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 2014-03-16T14:58:46+00:00

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Charlotte stood in front of a finished painting and was suffused with a hatred for it and for all her work. Cormac had told her not to waste her life on trivia, but what could be more trivial than this useless object when one compared it to the actuality of a lost sister? Daubs of color on a canvas arranged this way and that and then framed and hung on a wall, achieving nothing. Decoration. Nothing but decoration. How could she take herself seriously? Two of her favorite brushes lay on the easel ledge, hardened by paint she had forgotten to rinse out with turpentine, and she didn’t care. All those various shades of gray were pathetic in their lifelessness. She took up a tube of vermilion, squeezed it onto the canvas, and spread it around with the palm of her hand, but felt no release of frustration.

If she didn’t get a stretch of sleep soon, she would become ill, if she wasn’t already ill. Victoria’s supplicating hands hovered on the borders of consciousness, not even waiting until Charlotte had sunk into a deep slumber before reaching out to ask for help.

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