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At times I have really wondered, from their
determination to change things, whether it was for them to live in, or
for my use?"
"It is unusual," said Leonore, reluctantly, and evidently selecting a
word that should not offend Peter.
"You ought to be hung for treating fine pictures so," said Watts.
"I had to give them those broad flat mats, because the books gave no
background."
"It's--it's--" Leonore hesitated. "It's not so startling, after a
moment."
"You see they had to hang this way, or go unhung. I hadn't wall space
for both pictures and books. And by giving a few frames a turn,
occasionally, I can always have fresh pictures to look at."
"Look here, Dot, here's a genuine Rembrandt's 'Three Crosses,'" called
Watts. "I didn't know, old man, that you were such a connoisseur."
"I'm not," said Peter. "I'm fond of such things, but I never should have
had taste or time to gather these."
"Then how did you get them?"
"A friend of mine--a man of exquisite taste--gathered them.


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