[He opens the door for her, for even a ponce can be a gentleman.]
I think you would get along very well. He doesn't paint much any more, though I don't see why he couldn't given the time. Surveyor of the King's pictures, my Anthony.
[He can't help boasting. He's known Anthony since he first took a term of Anthony's art history teachings at Cambridge, and it's all quite impressive. Even to someone who can't make a lick of art themselves, he appreciates his artists, and Anthony the most of them all.]
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[He opens the door for her, for even a ponce can be a gentleman.]
I think you would get along very well. He doesn't paint much any more, though I don't see why he couldn't given the time. Surveyor of the King's pictures, my Anthony.
[He can't help boasting. He's known Anthony since he first took a term of Anthony's art history teachings at Cambridge, and it's all quite impressive. Even to someone who can't make a lick of art themselves, he appreciates his artists, and Anthony the most of them all.]