Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Claude Monet Regatta At Argenteuil

Claude Monet Regatta At ArgenteuilClaude Monet Woman with a ParasolJohn William Waterhouse Echo and Narcissus
Mort watched the smoke ring wobble into the sky and drift away towards the river.
'I can see you,' he said.
THAT'S DIFFERENT.
The Klatchian waiter arrived with the bill, and placed it in front of Death. The man was squat and brown, with a hairstyle like a coconut gone nova, and his round face creased into a puzzled frown when Death nodded politely to him. He shook his head like someone trying to dislodge soap from his ears, and walked away.
Death reached into the depths of his robe and brought out a large leather bag full of assorted copper coinage, most of it blue and green with age. He inspected the bill carefully. Then he counted out a dozen coins.
COME, he saidsaid Mort, running to keep up.
IT CERTAINLY ADDS A NEW TERROR TO POVERTY.
They turned into a wider street leading into a more affluent part of the city (the torches were closer together and the middens further apart). There were no stalls and alley corner traders here, but proper buildings with signs hanging outside. They weren't mere shops, they were emporia; they had purveyors in them, and chairs, and spittoons. Most of them were open even at this time of night, because , standing up. WE MUST GO.Mort trotted along behind him as street, which was still fairly busy even though there were the first suggestions of dawn on the horizon.'What are we going to do now?'BUY YOU SOME NEW CLOTHES.'These were new today – yesterday, I mean.' REALLY?'Father said the shop was famous for its budget clothing,'