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Chapter XLVIII

           Then,imaginetoyourself,justbeforethewarmybrotherwrotetomefromParis,andsaid:’DoyouknowanythingaboutanEnglishpainterwholivedinTahiti?Itappearsthathewasagenius,andhispicturesfetchlargeprices.Seeifyoucanlayyourhandsonanythingandsendittome.There’smoneytobemade.’SoIsaidtomywife.’WhataboutthatpicturethatStricklandgaveme?’Isitpossiblethatitisstillintheattic?’’Withoutdoubt,’sheanswered,’foryouknowthatIneverthrowanythingaway.Itismymania.’Wewentuptotheattic,andthere,amongIknownotwhatrubbishthathadbeengatheredduringthethirtyyearswehaveinhabitedthathouse,wasthepicture.Ilookedatitagain,andIsaid:’Whowouldhavethoughtthattheoverseerofmyplantationonthepeninsula,towhomIlenttwohundredfrancs,hadgenius?Doyouseeanythinginthepicture?’’No,’shesaid,’itdoesnotresembletheplantationandIhaveneverseencocoa-nutswithblueleaves;buttheyaremadinParis,anditmaybethatyourbrotherwillbeabletosellitforthetwohundredfrancsyoulentStrickland.’Well,wepackeditupandwesentittomybrother.AndatlastIreceivedaletterfromhim.Whatdoyouthinkhesaid?’Ireceivedyourpicture,’hesaid,’andIconfessIthoughtitwasajokethatyouhadplayedonme.Iwouldnothavegiventhecostofpostageforthepicture.Iwashalfafraidtoshowittothegentlemanwhohadspokentomeaboutit.Imaginemysurprisewhenhesaiditwasamasterpiece,andofferedmethirtythousandfrancs

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