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Updated: June 26, 2025
It flowed across the floor almost to the feet of Tcheriapin, and the way in which the little black-haired man skipped, squealing, out of the path of the corroding fluid was curiously like that of a startled rabbit. Order was restored in due course, but we could not induce Tcheriapin to play again, nor did Andrews return until the violinist had taken his departure.
While often enough from the drawing room which opened upon the other end of the garden had issued the strains of masterly piano-playing, and it was no uncommon thing for little groups to gather in the neighbouring road to listen, gratis, to the voice of some great vocalist. From the first moment of their meeting an intense antagonism sprang up between Tcheriapin and Andrews.
And as we watched, slowly the rigid limbs began to relax, and Tcheriapin slid gently on to the floor, collapsing there with a soft thud, where he squatted like some hideous Buddha, resting back against the cushions, one spectral yellow hand upraised, the fingers still clutching a big gold tassel. Then he began to laugh, high-pitched laughter, in little short peals.
The doctor had prevailed upon Andrews to tolerate the Eurasian's company, and I could not help noticing how Tcheriapin skilfully and deliberately goaded the Scotsman, seeming to take a fiendish delight in disagreeing with his pet theories and in discussing any topic which he had found to be distasteful to Andrews.
Nothing was known of the painter whose name was Colquhoun and nothing has been seen of his work since. The original painting was never sold, and after a time this promising new artist was, of course, forgotten. Presently Tcheriapin continued: "It is the figure of a slender girl ah! angels of grace! what a girl!" He kissed his hand rapturously.
He turned to me; and I tried to shrink away from him. For I knew I knew yet I loathed to look upon what was in the box. Muffled as though reaching me through fog, I heard the words: "A perfect human body...in miniature... every organ intact by means of... process... rendered indestructible. Tcheriapin as he was in life may be seen by the curious ten thousand years hence.
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