Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida paintings
Joseph Mallord William Turner paintings
Let me see -- what are my other shortcomings? I get in the dumps at times, and don't open my mouth for days on end. You must not think I am sulky when I do that. Just let me alone, and I'll soon be right. What have you to confess now? It's just as well for two fellows to know the worst of one another before they begin to live together."
I laughed at this cross-examination. "I keep a bull pup," I said, "and I object to rows because my nerves are shaken, and I get up at all sorts of ungodly hours, and I am extremely lazy. I have another set of vices when I'm well, but those are the principal ones at present."
"Do you include violin playing in your category of rows?" he asked, anxiously.
"It depends on the player," I answered. A well-played violin is a treat for the gods -- a badly played one -- "
"Oh, that's all right," he cried, with a merry laugh.
-9-"I think we may consider the thing as settled -- that is if the rooms are agreeable to you."
"When shall we see them?"
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