The Donners

"Un-Man."

At the beginning of this story, Martin Donner has a picture of his wife, Jeanne, with:

"...children in her arms..." (p. 31)

- whereas, later in this same story, they have only one still very young son, Jimmy.

The Donners' house has:

a stone fireplace probably built by Donner, Naysmith thinks;

on the mantelpiece, an old marble clock, brass candlesticks and a Lunar crystal;

on the walls, an antique hanging musket, animated films, engravings, a Rembrandt rabbi and a Constable landscape;

an anachronistic mahogany desk;

a console with a wide music selection;

bookshelves with microprint rolls and rebound volumes, including a much-used Shakespeare.

Rich details: Naysmith, a Brother of Donner, smiles at the Shakespeare. This quiet scene is very welcome especially since the narrative is about to launch its characters and us, its readers, into a standard fight and chase sequence.