rag-smudges

Updated: January 13, 2026

These scribblers, rag-smudges, incroyable! Why, it is perfectly preposterous! Did you ever hear such dissonance? His tie is in G major, and I am painting this symphony in E minor. I will have to start it again. Take that roaring tie of yours off, you miserable wretch! Remove it instantly!" The visitor removed the "roar." "Thank goodness!" said Whistler. "My sight is perfectly deaf!"

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