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"
You
’
re
looking
at
my
pictures
,
"
she
said
,
following
my
eyes
.
"
Of
course
,
the
originals
are
out
of
my
reach
,
but
it
’
s
a
comfort
to
have
these
.
The
publisher
sent
them
to
me
himself
.
They
’
re
a
great
consolation
to
me
.
"
"
They
must
be
very
pleasant
to
live
with
,
"
said
Mr
.
Van
Busche
Taylor
.
"
Yes
;
they
’
re
so
essentially
decorative
.
"
"
That
is
one
of
my
profoundest
convictions
,
"
said
Mr
.
Van
Busche
Taylor
.
"
Great
art
is
always
decorative
.
"
Their
eyes
rested
on
a
nude
woman
suckling
a
baby
,
while
a
girl
was
kneeling
by
their
side
holding
out
a
flower
to
the
indifferent
child
.
Looking
over
them
was
a
wrinkled
,
scraggy
hag
.
It
was
Strickland
’
s
version
of
the
Holy
Family
.
I
suspected
that
for
the
figures
had
sat
his
household
above
Taravao
,
and
the
woman
and
the
baby
were
Ata
and
his
first
son
.
I
asked
myself
if
Mrs
.
Strickland
had
any
inkling
of
the
facts
.
The
conversation
proceeded
,
and
I
marvelled
at
the
tact
with
which
Mr
.
Van
Busche
Taylor
avoided
all
subjects
that
might
have
been
in
the
least
embarrassing
,
and
at
the
ingenuity
with
which
Mrs
.
Strickland
,
without
saying
a
word
that
was
untrue
,
insinuated
that
her
relations
with
her
husband
had
always
been
perfect
.
At
last
Mr
.
Van
Busche
Taylor
rose
to
go
.
Holding
his
hostess
’
hand
,
he
made
her
a
graceful
,
though
perhaps
too
elaborate
,
speech
of
thanks
,
and
left
us
.
"
I
hope
he
didn
’
t
bore
you
,
"
she
said
,
when
the
door
closed
behind
him
.
"
Of
course
it
’
s
a
nuisance
sometimes
,
but
I
feel
it
’
s
only
right
to
give
people
any
information
I
can
about
Charlie
.
There
’
s
a
certain
responsibility
about
having
been
the
wife
of
a
genius
.
"
She
looked
at
me
with
those
pleasant
eyes
of
hers
,
which
had
remained
as
candid
and
as
sympathetic
as
they
had
been
more
than
twenty
years
before
.
I
wondered
if
she
was
making
a
fool
of
me
.
"
Of
course
you
’
ve
given
up
your
business
,
"
I
said
.
