pleasure

And yet, the greatest pleasure, she says, will be for that work to be over.

One can only wonder at the malevolent pleasure he would have felt at his Cubist masterworks ending up at the Met and not at the Tate or MoMA, which he had disdained for decades.

As superyachts have become a staple of the billionaire class, owners and designers have taken pains to turn multimillion-dollar pleasure vessels into well-appointed floating offices, outfitted with executive desks, sleek wall art and high-speed internet.

In fact, pleasure is necessary, especially for the regularly tortured Valentin who seems to have been numb for a long time.

The spirit of gratitude that runs through all of Mr. Fox’s books continues to be a pleasure and an attraction.