Do not be serious.

Assume it sometimes, if you will; be amusing mostly.

So, you will let me paint you--on your own horse, eh ?" "That is asking much.

Where ?" "Well, a sketch here this afternoon, while the thing is hot--if this damned headache stops! Then at my studio in London in the spring, or"-- here he laughed--"in Paris.

I am modest, you see." "As you will." Gaston had had a desire for Paris, and this seemed to give a cue for going.