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The Oyster, Volume IIIHe's quite a character so let's see what he has to offer. 'Dunn! Show the gentleman in.' Dunn looked a mite peeved but did as he was told and retired momentarily to announce our visitor. 'Mr. Hymie Singh Goldberg to see you, Mr. Richard.' Hymie came bustling in with a clutch of unframed paintings under his arm. He was a short, quite handsome man of coffee-coloured hue and he wore a deep red turban although his clothes were of a European cut. 'Ah, Hymie, how nice to see you again. These gentlemen are my house guests and I am sure they would be delighted to see the amazing world of art you have brought to sell me at extraordinarily inflated prices,' said Richard. 'Very droll, Mr. Richard, very droll. I earn so little on any painting you buy it's hardly worth while making the journey. If it weren't for the fact that my old Auntie Hetty lives in Brighton I wouldn't bother, and that's a fact.' 'But now you're here you'll let me see what you have acquired. Is there anything worthwhile?' 'Anything worthwhile, he asks! Mr ...» |
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