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"To die before being painted by Sargent is to go to heaven prematurely." "With the necessary care and impatience, you may avoid that catastrophe." "If you're going to be rude," said Reginald, "I shall dine with you to  morrow night as well. The chief vice of the Academy," he continued, "is its nomenclature. Why, for instance, should an obvious trout stream with a palpable rabbit sitting in the foreground be called 'an evening dream of unbeclouded peace,' or something of that sort?" TO DIE BEFORE BEING PAINTED BY SERGEANT IS TO GO TO HEAVEN PREMATURELY WITH THE NECESSARY CARE AND IMPATIENCE YOU MAY AVOID THAT CATASTROPHE IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE RUDE SAID REGINALD I SHALL DINE WITH YOU TO MORROW NIGHT AS WELL THE CHIEF VICE OF THE ACADEMY HE CONTINUED IS ITS NOMENCLATURE WHY FOR INSTANCE SHOULD AN OBVIOUS TROUT STREAM WITH A PALPABLE RABBIT SITTING IN THE FOREGROUND BE CALLED AN EVENING DREAM OF UNBECLOUDED PEACE OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT
gue?" "Not there and then. She murmured something about being 'so clever.' Fancy coming to the Academy to be clever!" "To be clever in the afternoon argues that one is dining nowhere in the evening." "Which reminds me that I can't remember whether I accepted an invitation from you to dine at Kettner's to-night." "On the other hand, I can remember with startling distinctness not having asked you to." "So much certainty is unbecoming in the young; so we'll consider that settled. What were you talking about? Oh, pictures. Personally, I rather like them; they are so refreshingly real and probable, they take one away from the unrealities of life." "One likes to escape from oneself occasionally." "That is the disadvantage of a portrait; as a rule, one's bitterest friends can find nothing more to ask than the faithful unlikeness that goes down to posterity as oneself. I hate posterity--it's so fond of having the last word. Of course, as regards portraits, there are exceptions." "For instance? TRY AND WORK IT OUT ON THE BACK OF HER CATALOGUE NOT THERE AND THEN SHE MURMURED SOMETHING ABOUT BEING SO CLEVER FANCY COMING TO THE ACADEMY TO BE CLEVER TO BE CLEVER IN THE AFTERNOON ARGUES THAT ONE IS DINING NOWHERE IN THE EVENING WHICH REMINDS ME I CAN'T REMEMBER WHETHER I ACCEPTED AN INVITATION FROM YOU TO DINE AT KETTNER'S TO NIGHT ON THE OTHER HAND I CAN REMEMBER WITH STARTLING DISTINCTNESS NOT HAVING ASKED YOU TO SO MUCH CERTAINTY IS UNBECOMING IN THE YOUNG SO WILL CONSIDER THAT SETTLED WHAT WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT OH PICTURES PERSONALLY I RATHER LIKE THEM THEY ARE SO REFRESHINGLY REAL AND PROBABLE THEY TAKE ONE AWAY FROM THE UNREALITIES OF LIFE ONE LIKES TO ESCAPE FROM ONE'S SELF OCCASIONALLY THAT IS THE DISADVANTAGE OF A PORTRAIT AS A RULE ONE'S BITTEREST FRIENDS CAN FIND NOTHING MORE TO ASK THAN THE FAITHFUL UNLIKENESS THAT GOES DOWN TO POSTERITY IS ONE'S SELF I HATE POSTERITY IT'S SO FOND OF HAVING THE LAST WORD OF COURSE AS REGARDS PORTRAITS THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS FOR INSTANCE
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