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Rh buy, 'e tell me I vas one ignorant an one imbecile vich have not appreciation of art. After ven 'e fin' out not oil painting, 'e call zem curssed camel—two-hump camel, an' heap of robber (tas de voleurs) and charogne; an' 'e wish dem all blast by ze feefty tousand flames of hell. So zat 'e not talk of oder tings — only of robbers and liars and assassinses.

"Ven zey could not more sell to 'im play-bills as oil-painting of great master, zey sell to 'im of daub as water-color picser. 'E pay seventee dollaire for vat cos' not more as tree cent each. Ze frames wort perhaps six dollaire! At las' 'e fine out how zey 'im swindle; an' 'e talk of robber an' murderer an' camel of two hump. And 'e say dis country ze most curssed country vat exist — all vat be of mos' canaille and racaille and charogne.

"Ven as dey not could more to him sell picser, zey sel to 'im vat you call