![]() ![]() He has no memories of his mother but he does remember Fluffy striking him with a wooden spoon because he apparently grabbed her skirt when she was cooking on the stove. Maeve told Danny their father had been sleeping with their nanny, Fiona, whom they called Fluffy, a story which surprised Danny. They know it was Andrea’s goal to get in the house for years, and she was the first woman their father had brought home since their mother left. ![]() It is not true that things were bad from the start, as Maeve and Danny were both perfectly pleasant. Danny will always believe Andrea’s face fell when she first saw them: it was as if she could not really believe Cyril Conroy had children. Their father finally turns and says tells his children to say hello to Mrs. There are dozens of portraits everywhere, but the best one is of Maeve, who was painted when a famous painter from New York wasn’t able to paint their mother. They had come with the house like everything else. VanHoebeek.ĭanny has always seen those people in the portraits as being ancient, as so very married. ![]() Maeve and Danny venture downstairs in the Dutch House, watching their father and the woman looking at portraits of the house’s former owners, Mr. It begins with him as an eight-year-old boy, recalling the first time he and his older sister, Maeve, met Andrea, who would become their stepmother. The novel is narrated by Danny at different points in his life. ![]()
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