contemporary abstract painting

contemporary abstract painting
"The fact is that upon his entrance I had instantly recognized the extreme personal danger in which I lay. The only conceivable escape for him lay in silencing my tongue. In an instant I had slipped the revolver from the drawer into my pocket and was covering him through the cloth. At his remark I drew the weapon out and laid it cocked upon the table. He still smiled and blinked, but there was something about his eyes which made me feel very glad that I had it there.
""You evidently don't know me," said he.
" "On the contrary," I answered, `I think it is fairly evident that I do. Pray take a chair. I can spare you five minutes if you have anything to say."
""All that I have to say has already crossed your mind," said he.
""Then possibly my answer has crossed yours," I replied.
""You stand fast?"
" "Absolutely."
"He clapped his hand into his pocket, and I raised the pistol from the table. But he merely drew out a memorandum-book in which he had scribbled some dates.