He went off carrying his astonishment along with him.

But before he left, he again gazed at the canvases and said to Laurent: "I have only one thing to reproach you with: all these studies have a family likeness.

The five heads resemble each other.

The women, themselves, have a peculiarly violent bearing that gives them the appearance of men in disguise.

You will understand that if you desire to make a picture out of these studies, you must change some of the physiognomies; your personages cannot all be brothers, or brothers and sisters, it would excite hilarity." He left the studio, and on the landing merrily added: "Really, my dear boy, I am very pleased to have seen you.