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At one blow he had broken his own stool, and
sent the largest of his opponents back foremost through
what we used to call a "conscientious nude." It appears
that, in the continuation of his flight, this fallen
warrior issued on the boulevard still framed in the
burst canvas.
It will be understood how much talk the incident
aroused in the students' quarter, and that I was highly
gratified to make the acquaintance of my famous
countryman. It chanced I was to see more of the
Quixotic side of his character before the morning was
done; for, as we continued to stroll together, I found
myself near the studio of a young Frenchman whose work
I had promised to examine, and in the fashion of the
quarter carried up Pinkerton along with me. Some of my
comrades of this date were pretty obnoxious fellows. I
could almost always admire and respect the grown-up
practitioners of art in Paris; but many of those who
were still in a state of pupilage were sorry specimens-
-so much so that I used often to wonder where the
painters came from, and where the brutes of students
went to.


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