But you don't suppose people'll
buy these things (pointing vaguely to picture on chair), do you?
No; there's far too many amateur artists about for that!
CARVE. If I wanted, I could take a cab and sell that in Bond Street
inside sixty minutes at my own price. Only I don't want.
JANET. Now, just listen to me. You remember that picture you did of
Putney Bridge with the saloon entrance of the Reindeer Public House
showing in the corner? It was one of the first you did here.
CARVE. Yes, I was looking for it the other day, and I couldn't find it.
JANET. I'm not surprised. Because it's sold.
CARVE. Sold? (Excited.) What in the name of----
JANET. (Soothing him.) Now--now! Do you remember you said Ilam Carve
would have got L1000 for a thing just like that?
CARVE. So he would. It was absolutely characteristic.
JANET. Well, I said to myself, "He seems mighty sure of himself.
Supposing it's me that's wrong?" So one day I quietly took that picture
round to Bostock's, the second-hand furniture man, you know,--he was a
friend of father's,--and I asked him what he'd give me for it.
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