This, in itself, would make a ripping yarn.
Mercedes is everybodys dogsbody, at home and at work.
It occurs to her to water the profusion of pot plants.
‘In Her Place’Netflix
She tries on Marias clothes.
Then she starts wearing them to work.
She can eat a meal in peace in Marias airy space, read any book.
There is a bed where nobody is snoring in her ear.
Her louche bohemian visitor laughs it off; he doesnt care who Mercedes is.
This house is like an embassy, he says.
A lot of people have found refuge here.
You have to say, though, that it fills that corner very nicely.
