The door of Reverend Verringer's impressive manse is opened by an elderly female with a face like a pine plank; the Reverend is unmarried, and has need of an irreproachable housekeeper. Simon is ushered into the library. It is so self-consciously the right sort of library that he has an urge to set fire to it.
The scene introduces Reverend Verringer's grand home, where an elderly woman answers the door. Her appearance is strikingly austere, resembling a pine plank, which sets the tone for the Reverend's character—a single man requiring a proper housekeeper to maintain his household's decorum. The emphasis on his need for irreproachability suggests a desire for order and propriety.
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