Edward Hopper Painting

Edward Hopper Painting
I gave a shiver. "Well，"said Crome，"we'd better be getting along." We set out forthwith. Our first visit was to the Ginger Cat.Situated on the sea front，thiswas the usual type of small tearoom.It had little tables covered withorange-checked cloths and basket-work chairs of exceeding discomfort withorange cushions on them. It was the kind of place that specialized in morning coffee，fivediffenret kinds of teas (Devonshire，Farmhouse，Fruit，Carlton and Plain)，and a few sparing lunch dishes for females such as scrambled eggs andshrimps and macaroni au gratin. The morning coffees were just getting under way.The manageress usheredus hastily into a very untidy back sanctum.
Edward Hopper Painting
"Miss-eh-Merrion?"inquired Crome. Miss Merrion bleated out in a high，distressed-gentlewoman voice: "That is my name.This is a most distressing business.Most distressing. How it will affect our business I really cannot think!" Miss Merrion was a very thin woman of forty with wispy orange hair(indeed she was astonishingly like a ginger cat herself).She playednervously with various fichus and frills that were part of her officialcostume. "You'll have a boom，"said Inspector Kelsey encouragingly."You'll see! You won't be able to serve teas fast enough!" "Disgusting，"said Miss Merrionn."Truly disgusting.It makes one despairof human nature."Edward Hopper Painting