Луна и грош

Chapter XXXIX

           Stroevehadalwaysbeenveryproudofhistaste.Hehadneverlosthisappreciationfortheromanticatmosphereofastudio,andthoughnowthesightofitwaslikeastabinhisheart,withoutthinkingwhathewasat,hechangedslightlythepositionofaLouisXV.tablewhichwasoneofhistreasures.Suddenlyhecaughtsightofacanvaswithitsfacetothewall.Itwasamuchlargeronethanhehimselfwasinthehabitofusing,andhewonderedwhatitdidthere.Hewentovertoitandleanedittowardshimsothathecouldseethepainting.Itwasanude.Hisheartbegantobeatquickly,forheguessedatoncethatitwasoneofStrickland’spictures.Heflungitbackagainstthewallangrily—whatdidhemeanbyleavingitthere?—buthismovementcausedittofall,facedownwards,ontheground.Nomaterwhosethepicture,hecouldnotleaveitthereinthedust,andheraisedit;butthencuriositygotthebetterofhim.Hethoughthewouldliketohaveaproperlookatit,sohebroughtitalongandsetitontheeasel.Thenhestoodbackinordertoseeitathisease.

           Hegaveagasp.Itwasthepictureofawomanlyingonasofa,withonearmbeneathherheadandtheotheralongherbody;onekneewasraised,andtheotherlegwasstretchedout.Theposewasclassic.Stroeve’sheadswam.ItwasBlanche.Griefandjealousyandrageseizedhim,andhecriedouthoarsely;hewasinarticulate;heclenchedhisfistsandraisedthemthreateninglyataninvisibleenemy.Hescreamedatthetopofhisvoice.Hewasbesidehimself.Hecouldnotbearit.Thatwastoomuch.

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