" He pointed out that the mattress in the master boudoir was handspring with each spring wrapped in cashmere
It’s like sleeping on air, Miss Williams, he said as he showed her the suite’s ‘menu of pillows’ on a silver-embossed card
As if she was the kind of woman who’d amputate her aspirations to become one of his decorative appendages
She had to politely extricate herself from his intentions without jeopardizing the business "

― Bernardine Evaristo , Girl, Woman, Other