Rayel worked rapidly and had already painted more pictures than we could hang to advantage in any but the most liberal quarters.

He was at a loss to understand just what was meant by selling the pictures, but he was willing to sell them if they were not to be destroyed--at least some of them.

Accordingly I wrote Mr.Paddington, appointing an hour when we would be glad to see him or his representative at our rooms.

The gentleman himself did us the honor to call.

After looking at the paintings, he expressed his willingness to buy the entire collection.