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He lost his
money, and I bought them of him."
"That was Mr. Le Grand?" asked Leonore, ceasing her study of the "Three
Crosses."
"Yes."
"Mrs. Rivington told me about it."
"It must have been devilish hard for him to part with such a
collection," said Watts.
"He hasn't really parted with them. He comes down here constantly, and
has a good time over them. It was partly his scheme to arrange them this
way."
"And are the paintings his, too, Peter?"
Peter could have hugged her for the way she said Peter. "No," he managed
to remark. "I bought some of them, and Miss De Voe and Lispenard Ogden
the others. People tell me I spoil them by the flat framing, and the
plain, broad gold mats. But it doesn't spoil them to me. I think the
mixture of gold mats and white mats breaks the monotony. And the
variation just neutralizes the monotone which the rest of the room has.
But of course that is my personal equation."
"Then this room is the real taste of the 'plain man,' eh?" inquired
Watts.


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