Sunday, 12 October 2008

Edward Hopper Hotel Room painting

Edward Hopper Hotel Room paintingEdward Hopper Hotel Lobby paintingEdward Hopper Early Sunday Morning painting
where their great-aunt sat in an unmoving rocking chair with her hands in her lap, the sunless light glazing her lenses, frostlike upon her hair.
They heard feet on the front stairs, and knew it was their grandfather. They heard him turn to go down the hall and then they heard his subdued, surprised voice: “Andrew? Where’s Poll?”
And their uncle’s voice, cold, close to his ear: “In—there—with—Father—Jackson.”
“Unh!” they heard their grandfather growl. Their Aunt Hannah hurried towards the door.
“Praying.”
“Unh!” he growled again.
Their Aunt Hannah quickly closed the door, and hurried back to her chair.
But much as she had hurried, all that she did after she got back to her chair was to sit with her hands in her lap and stare straight ahead of her through her heavy lenses, and all that they could do was to sit quietly too, and look at the clean lace curtains at the window, and

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