CARVE. But you mustn't forget that he was really very successful
indeed.... Just look at the money he made, for instance.
JANET. Well, if sovereigns had been any use to him he'd never have left
two hundred thousand of them behind him--him with no family. No, he was
no better than a fool with money. Couldn't even spend it.
CARVE. He had the supreme satisfaction of doing what he enjoyed doing
better than anybody else could do it.
JANET. And what was that?
CARVE. Painting.
JANET. (Casually.) Oh! and couldn't he have had that without running
about all over Europe? He might just as well have been a commercial
traveller. Take my word for it, Mr. Shawn, there's nothing like a
comfortable home and a quiet life--and the less you're in the newspapers
the better.
CARVE. (Thoughtfully.) Do you know--a good deal of what you say
applies to me.
JANET. And you now! As we're on the subject--before we go any
further--you're a bachelor of forty-five, same as him. What have you
been doing with yourself lately?
CARVE.
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