I told him I would as soon as I had finished one of my landscapes.

I began it immediately, without his knowing it, and determined to surprise him with it.

I also had two frames which fitted Mr.Breed's pictures, and which I was going to give to Mr.Breed with his pictures.

But Mr.Visscher was particularly pleased with the frames, as they were a pair, and told me not to send them to Mr.Breed as he should like to have them himself, and wished I would paint him pictures to fit them (the two other landscapes before mentioned).

I accordingly was employed three months longer in painting these three pictures.