Theydoitwithmirrors

'I was really happiest about Carrie Louise when she was married to Johnnie Restarick. Of course he married her for her money - or if not exactly that, at any rate he wouldn't have married her if she hadn't had any. Johnnie was a selfish, pleasure-loving, lazy hound, but that's so much safer than a crank. All Johnnie wanted was to live soft. He wanted Carrie Louise to go to the best dressmak-ers and have yachts and cars and enjoy herself with him. That kind of man is so very safe. Give him comfort and luxury and he'll purr like a cat and be absolutely charming to you. I never took that scene designing and theatrical stuff of his very seriously. But Carrie Louise was thrilled by it - saw it all as Art with a capital A and really forced him back into those surroundings, and then that dreadful Yugoslavian woman got hold of him and just swept him off with her. He didn't really want to go. If Carrie Louise had waited and been sensible, he would have come back to her.' 'Did she care very much?' asked Miss Marple. 'That's the funny thing. I don't really believe she did. She was absolutely sweet about it all - but then she would be. She is......