Mary Cassatt painting

Mary Cassatt painting
Miss Crackenthorpe hesitated a moment before saying: "My father is elderly and a little – difficult sometimes. He is very keen on economy, and he says things sometimes that upset people. I wouldn't like –"
Lucy broke in quickly:
"I'm quite used to elderly people, of all kinds, she said. I always manage to get on well with them."
Emma Crackenthorpe looked relieved.
"Trouble with father!" diagnosed Lucy. "I bet he's an old tartar."
Mary Cassatt painting
She was apportioned a large gloomy bedroom which a small electric heater did its inadequate best to warm, and was shown round the house, a vast uncomfortable mansion. As they passed a door in the hall a voice roared out:
"That you, Emma? Got the new girl there? Bring her in. I want to look at her."
Emma flushed, glanced at Lucy apologetically.
The two women entered the room. It was richly upholstered in dark velvet, the narrow windows let in very little light, and it was full of heavy mahogany Victorian furniture.Mary Cassatt painting