What colour is the reflection on the horse's belly now ?" "Bright green," said I."It is," said he, "and the Prince won't believe me." And he quickly made a heap of bright green and plastered it over the bright yellow and bright violet reflections of the morning and midday.

So ended the day's work, and the bright green remained in full view till the next sitting.
The day I arrived Munnings was much upset because he had no sable brushes.

He was telling me about this, and said, "Do you mind my asking you three questions ?" "Not at all," said I."First," he said, "have you got a car ?" "Yes," said I."Second," said he, "have you got any sable brushes ?" "Yes," said I."Third," said he, "will you lend me some ?" "Yes," said I, and handed him over all I had.

When I was leaving I said to Munnings, "What about those sable brushes, Munnings ?" He replied: "Don't you remember I asked you three questions ?" "I do remember your asking me something," said I."Well," said he, "the first question I asked was, 'Have you got a car ?'" "What the hell has that got to do with my sable brushes ?" said I."A great lot," said he.

"You can damn well drive to Paris and get some more for yourself.