The Eye of the Beholder

摘要

Ruth kiernan, librarian at the Carolla Public Library, scooped a handful of DVDs from the bin under a slot-and-chute affair in the circulation desk, checked the titles against the OPAC, and began replacing them in the three rows of shelves behind the desk. "Man, some of these look like real stinkers," she said to Ed Crowe, as he finished checking out a stack of mysteries. "To each their own," he said. The diminutive Kiernan stretched to reach the top of the three rows of DVDs. Above the discs hung a painting that had been in the library for as long as anyone could remember. Donated to the facility by a local artist of some importance, the artwork portrayed a seminude woman sitting in a chair before a mirror, brushing her luxurious hair, which streamed down her body, covering all but a portion of her right breast (seen in the glass's reflection), posterior, and Rubenesque thigh.The painting was called "The Eye of the Beholder" but, also for as long as anyone could remember, was referred to simply as "Edna."