Mrs Fortescue by Doris Lessing

The imagery and the language used to describe the lady in question is used well to build up a well endowed character in the readers mind, although only the 'see' sense is used with a partial nod to that of the smell so maybe a little more of the other senses to build up this character would make this an excellent piece for characterisation. The feeling of imagery is run through this short piece with the ideas of brothers/sisters and also the sister to Mrs. Fortescue. The shocking and surprising ending is a great way to finish this piece and really made me feel like all the suspense had a good resolve.