Saturday, 4 October 2008

John Collier Horace and Lydia painting

John Collier Horace and Lydia paintingCaravaggio Boy with a Basket of Fruit paintingBartolome Esteban Murillo Inmaculada Museo del Prado painting
heart at the moment. I need my third glass of port; I need that hospitable tray in the library. And yet you specifically advise against it tonight. I wonder why. Sebastian can come to no mischief today. For one thing, he has no money. I happen to know. I saw to it. I even have his watch and cigarette case upstairs. He will be quite harmless...as long as no one is so wicked as to give him any...Ah, Lady Julia, good morning to you, good morning. And how is the peke this hunting morning?’
‘Oh, the peke’s all right. Listen. I’ve got Rex Mottram coming here today. We simply can’t have another evening like last night. Someone must speak to mummy.’ ‘Someone has. I spoke. I think it will be all right.’
‘Thank God for that. Are you painting today, Charles?’ It had been the custom that on every visit to Brideshead I painted a medallion on the walls

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