You're always out of step.' 'So I am.

I'm sorry.

You went on with the painting ?' 'Of course.

I said I should.

I was at the Slade, then at Merton's in St.
John's Wood, the big studio, then I pepper-potted,--I mean I went to the National,--and now I'm working under Kami.' 'But Kami is in Paris surely ?' 'No; he has his teaching studio in Vitry-sur-Marne.