On A Biblical Theme !

Jeff poked his head around the door of Debbi's office. "Oh Deb, could you give Audrey a call ? She's got another project on the go." Debbi's heart sank. Anything involving her boss's wife was rarely good news. "I'm not posing for anything again" she began but Jeff had already gone. Realizing that she could not just ignore the request, Debbi made the call.

"Debbi, so good of you to call back" Audrey gushed, knowing full well that Debbi had little choice if she wanted to remain in Jeff's good books. "How can I help ?" Debbi made herself say. "Well as you know, I run weekly art classes for the gentlemen at the care home" Audrey began. Debbi didn't know but it seemed typical of the kind of thing that Audrey would do. She's lucky to have the free time Debbi thought.

"Anyway, our model's cancelled and left us in the lurch and I wondered if you would be so good as to help us out ? Jeff said it would be fine for you to take tomorrow afternoon off" Audrey continued. "What kind of thing ?" asked Debbi suspiciously. "Oh perfectly respectable. We want to replicate a biblical scene, Susannah and the Elders. Do you know it ?" Debbi had to admit that she did not. Although raised a Catholic, she had never taken much notice at Sunday School.

"We're going to be using the depiction by Alessandro Allori, the old gentlemen are really looking forward to it" Audrey explained further. "Will you be providing the costume ?" Debbi asked. "Oh yes, that won't be any problem at all" Audrey laughed. "OK, that'll be fine I guess" Debbi agreed. What harm could there be in posing in a long robe for a bunch of old geezers ? She would have been less sanguine about the prospect had she bothered to look up Allori's painting on the net !