This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...who looks down as Mr. Hardman realizes Dawson's opposition.) Hardman I suppose you wonder why I wished to see this again? Mrs. Dawson I'd like to know why? It was my favorite, too. Hardman (Half smiling at himself for telling) Well, I will tell you. Peter Is this for publication? Hardman (Laughing) I'm afraid not: it's ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...who looks down as Mr. Hardman realizes Dawson's opposition.) Hardman I suppose you wonder why I wished to see this again? Mrs. Dawson I'd like to know why? It was my favorite, too. Hardman (Half smiling at himself for telling) Well, I will tell you. Peter Is this for publication? Hardman (Laughing) I'm afraid not: it's the truth. Dawson You're never safe with these newspaper men. Diana Anything beautiful is safe with Peter. (hardMan senses the situation between Peter and Diana.) Tell us, Mr. Hardman. Hardman When you've got white hairs and have to catch trains, you're not afraid of talking about yourself and feelings, eh, Mr. Dawson? Dawson How should / know? Hardman (Looking at picture) The background is good. The pinks and blues of the sky melt together, and the horizon line is lost in the haze, as it should be. Suggestion. The secret of beauty. You can't tell where the sea ends. The infinite space of it. The foreground is a bit soft--too sketchy. I think the tone of the green is not quite true. Mrs. Dawson It has faded a trifle. Hardman After a quick glance at her) But the tree, dull, dark, leaning away from the winds that you feel have driven over it for years! It stands so alone without a leaf. How did you ever manage to catch the sense of its being so utterly alone? Mrs. Dawson (With simplicity) Why, I just imagined what it must be like--to be there with only the winds and the sea. Hardman (Smiling) I remember the day when you showed it to me, do you? Mrs. Dawson (Recalling with enthusiasm) Yes, at the studio. It must have been a mood I was in that made me paint it. Dawson Complacently) That was before she married me. Women get lonely when they're not yoked. Hardman (Smiling good-naturedly) Only then? Dawson (Pointedly) Are you married? Hardman (Smili...
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