" It was very dark. Cassius boldly crossed to a window and threw back a shutter; it dropped off in his hand. He cursed as the heavy wood crashed to the floor, leaving splinters in his fingers and grazing his leg on the way.
“Frankly,” Helena decided at once, “this seems a bit too elegant for us! "

― Lindsey Davis , Time to Depart (Marcus Didius Falco, #7)