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He got that discouraged about 'imself that on 'is low days 'e used to say to me: 'Jymes, remember one thing; if anythink 'appens to me, the Marriage is not to go out of 'ere unfinished. It's worth the lot of 'em, my boy, an' it's not agoing to go shabby for lack of pains. 'E said things to that effect repeated. "He was workin' at the picture the last day, before 'e went to 'is club.
Before that 'e 'ad been working at it only at night for a while back; the Legend was the big picture then, an' was under the north light w'ere 'e worked of a morning. But one day 'e bid me take the Legend down an' put the Marriage in its place, an' 'e says, dashin' on 'is jacket, 'Jymes, this is a start for the finish, this time.
'He wants water; ring, Jymes, says Lydy Elling, placid. But I knowed 'e was pointin' to the shop. "'Lydy Treffinger, says I, bold, 'he's pointin' to the studio. He means about the Marriage; 'e told me today as 'ow 'e never wanted it sold unfinished. Is that it, Sir 'Ugh? "He smiled an' nodded slight an' closed 'is eyes. 'Thank you, Jymes, says Lydy Elling, placid.
'E kept the carriage waitin' near an hour while 'e put on a stroke an' then drawed back for to look at it, an' then put on another, careful like. After 'e 'ad 'is gloves on, 'e come back an' took away the brushes I was startin' to clean, an' put in another touch or two. 'It's acomin', Jymes, 'e says, 'by gad if it ayn't. An' with that 'e goes out. It was cruel sudden, w'at come after.
"The studio is h'only open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays," explained the man he referred to himself as "Jymes" "but of course we make exceptions in the case of pynters. Lydy Elling Treffinger 'erself is on the Continent, but Sir 'Ugh's orders was that pynters was to 'ave the run of the place."
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