Thursday, January 3, 2008

Vermeer Girl with a Red Hat

Red Hat Girl
Red Nude painting
Regatta At Argenteuil
Vermeer Girl with a Red Hat
Quite a lot," saidEgerton dryly. "I've had threeclients in the last year, two of whom were made wards of court and the third one managedto bully her parents into agreeing to an almost certainly disastrous marriage. Girls don't get looked after the way they used to be. Conditions are such that it's very difficult to look after them at all –”
  "But I assure you Elvira has been most carefullylooked after."
  "The ingenuity of the young female of the speciesis beyond anything you could conjecture! You keep an eye on her, Derek. Make a fewinquiries as to what she's been up to."
  "Nonsense. She's justa sweet simple girl."
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  "What you don't knowabout sweet simple girls would fill an album! Her mother ran away and caused a scandal –remember? – When she was younger thanElvira is today. As for old Coniston, he was one of the worst rips in England."
  "You upset me, Richard. You upset me very much."
  "You might as well be warned. What I didn't quite like was one of her other questions. Why is she so anxious to knowwho'd inherit her money if she dies?"

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Red Hat Girl"

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"Red Hat Girl"
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