Tate, one of Longman???s assistants brings him news of Sharpey???s death, which more than upsets Longman???s beautiful and loving wife Oongah (?????? originally came from Orkney, or Shetland, or Finland, one of those places where the wind blows a girl until she has the look of a modern statue.???) and lives with Longman and their children in an eccentric but happy and rather sensual household.