Mary Cassatt painting

Mary Cassatt painting
M.Poirot?"she said briskly."I am Nurse Capstick.I got Mr Clarke'sletter saying you were coming." Poirot inquired after Lady Clarke's health. "Not at all bad really，all things considered." "All things considered，"I presumed，meant considering she was undersentence of death. "One can't hope for much improvement，of course，but some new treatmenthas made things a little easier for her.Dr Logan is quite pleased with hercondition." "But it is true，is it not，that she can never recover?" "Oh，we never actually say that，"said Nurse Capstick，a little shockedby this plain speaking.
Mary Cassatt painting
"I suppose her husband's death was a terrible shock to her?" "Well，M.Poirot，if you understand what I mean，it wasn't as much of ashock as it would have been to anyone in full possession of her health andfaculties.Things are dimmed for Lady Clarke in her condition." "Pardon my asking，but was she deeply attached to her husband and he toher?" "Oh，yes，they were a very happy couple.He was very worried and upsetabout her，poor man.It's always worse for a doctor，you know.They can't buoythemselves up with false hopes.I'm afraid it preyed on his mind very much tobegin with." "To begin with?Not so much afterwards?" "One gets used to everything，doesn't one?And then Sir Carmichael hadhis collection.A hobby is a great consolation to a man.He used to run up tosales occasionally，and then he and Miss Grey were busy recataloguing andrearranging the museum on a new system."
Mary Cassatt painting