Caravaggio Taking of Christ painting

Caravaggio Taking of Christ paintingCaravaggio The Incredulity of Saint Thomas paintingArthur Hughes La Belle Dame Sans Merci painting
And it's not to escape any blame I'm telling you now," he declared. "You got to know I never was your poppa so you'll hate me for the right things. Eblis Eierkopf --he was your poppa, girl, and flunk him he never owned up to it! But flunk me too; flunk me twice I didn't swallow my pride and marry Virginia, she'd have stayed off the bottle and you'd have never been spanked and the rest! Don't you dare forgive me that!"
Anastasia's face was full of tenderness. "It's hardnot to! The way you must havesuffered all these years!" She sounded almost envious; then a frowning wonder darkened her eyes. "Motherdid used to work with Dr. Eierkopf, but I neverdreamed . . ."
"It's not good news," Max sympathized.
She shook her head. "I didn't mean it that way. But he's not very. . .nice, you know? No wonder, being a cripple and all -- I'm sure I'd be twice as disagreeable ifI had to depend on Croaker for everything! When Ithink of all the times he and Croaker have come by the Clinic, and me notdreaming he was my father! I could've been so much nicer to him than I was!"
Max clapped his head. For myself, I was too busy steadying Croaker,