PASCOE. Money! He must make pots. You say I don't go in for art much,
but I always read the big sales at Christie's. Why, wasn't it that
policeman picture that Lord Leonard Alcar bought for 2000 guineas last
year?
CARVE. No, not Alcar. I think the bobby was last bought by Texel.
PASCOE. Texel? Who's Texel?
CARVE. Collector--United States--one of their kings, I'm told.
PASCOE. Oh, him! Controls all the ink in the United States.
CARVE. Really! That's what I should call influence. No. It was the
"Pelicans feeding their Young" that Alcar bought. Four thousand. You're
getting mixed up.
PASCOE. Perhaps I am. I know I'm constantly seeing Mr. Carve's name in
connection with Lord Leonard Alcar's. It's a nice question which is the
best known of the two.
CARVE. Then the--governor really is famous in England? You see we never
come to England.
PASCOE. Famous--I should think he was. Aren't they always saying he's
the finest colourist since Titian? And look at his prices!
CARVE. Yes.
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