Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Red Hat Girl

Red Hat Girl
Red Nude painting
Regatta At Argenteuil
Rembrandt Biblical Scene
strange, not only the expression, but the physical seeming, as though the optic nerves and supporting muscles had suffered strain and slightly twisted the eyeballs. ¡¡¡¡All this I saw, and, my brain now working rapidly, I thought a thousand thoughts; and yet I could not pull the triggers. I lowered the gun and stepped to the corner of the cabin, primarily to relieve the tension on my nerves and to make a new start, and incidentally to be closer. Again I raised the gun. He was almost at arm's length. There was no hope for him. I was resolved.
oil paintings There was no possible chance of missing him, no matter how poor my marksmanship. And yet I wrestled with myself and could not pull the triggers. ¡¡¡¡'Well?' he demanded impatiently. ¡¡¡¡I strove vainly to force my fingers down on the triggers, and vainly I strove to say something. ¡¡¡¡'Why don't you shoot?' he asked. ¡¡¡¡I cleared my throat of a huskiness which prevented speech.

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