Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC
Claudia Kincaid appreciated the finer things in life. This is why she chose to run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the MET) in New York city. Use the links below to see the gorgeous objects that surrounded Claudia and Jamie in their new home.
1. "It was here Claudia knew that she had chosen the most elegant place in the world to hide. She wanted to sit on the lounge chair that had been made for Marie Antoinette or at least sit at her writing table.” (p.36)
2. “At last she found a bed that she considered perfectly wonderful....” (p. 36)
3. Claudia hides her violin case in “...a beautifully carved marble sarcophagus. She hid her book bag behind a tapestry screen in the rooms of french furniture.” (p.44)
4. “...the trumpet case was hidden inside a huge urn and Jamie’s book bag was neatly tucked behind a drape that was behind a statue from the Middle Ages.” (pp.44-45)
5. After the museum guide confirmed that a copy of the New York Times was indeed, inexpensive “Claudia looked as satisfied as the bronze statue of the Egyptian Cat.” (p.56)
1. "It was here Claudia knew that she had chosen the most elegant place in the world to hide. She wanted to sit on the lounge chair that had been made for Marie Antoinette or at least sit at her writing table.” (p.36)
2. “At last she found a bed that she considered perfectly wonderful....” (p. 36)
3. Claudia hides her violin case in “...a beautifully carved marble sarcophagus. She hid her book bag behind a tapestry screen in the rooms of french furniture.” (p.44)
4. “...the trumpet case was hidden inside a huge urn and Jamie’s book bag was neatly tucked behind a drape that was behind a statue from the Middle Ages.” (pp.44-45)
5. After the museum guide confirmed that a copy of the New York Times was indeed, inexpensive “Claudia looked as satisfied as the bronze statue of the Egyptian Cat.” (p.56)