Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida Before Bathing

Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida Before BathingJoaquin Sorolla y Bastida Beaching the BoatJoaquin Sorolla y Bastida Beach at ValenciaAlexandre Cabanel HarmonyThomas Gainsborough Shepherd Boys with Dogs Fighting
'Light the fire, Magrat.'
'Yes, Granny.'
'Right. Let's see now—'
'I wrote it all down, Granny.'
'I can read, my girl, thank you very much. Now, what's this. "Round about the cauldron go, In the poisoned entrails throw . . ." What are these supposed to be?'
'Our Jason slaughtered a pig yesterday, Esme.'
'These look like perfectly good chitterlin's to me, Gytha. There's a couple of decent meals in them, if I'm any judge.'
'Please, Granny.'
'There's from forn parts.'plenty of starvin' people in Klatch who wouldn 'tturn up their nose at 'em, that's all I'm saying . . . All right, all right. "Whole grain wheat and lentils too, In the cauldron seethe and stew"? What happened to the toad?''Please, Granny. You 're slowing it down. You know Goodie was against all unnecessary cruelty. Vegetable protein is a perfectly acceptable substitute.''That means no newt or fenny snake either, I suppose?''No, Granny.''Or tiger's chaudron?''Here.''What the hell's this, excuse my Klatchian?''It's a tiger's chaudron, Our Wane brought it off a merchant
'You sure?'
'Our Wane asked special, Esme.'
'Looks like any other chaudron to me. Oh, well. "Double nubble

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