Money From Holme (2012)
“‘The fact is my flat’s being decorated, and I’ve moved in here to be out of the mess.’ ‘What rot!’ Holme, who was prowling round the room, spoke contemptuously. He appeared to have gone into opposition again. ‘It’s clear enough that you’re in pretty low water. A sleazy character in seedy circumstances. That’s you. You needn’t be ashamed of it. At any rate, not of the circumstances.’ He moved to the window and inspected it. ‘You’ve got a damned good north light. A man could paint ten hours a day... here, if he wanted to. I don’t expect you last out as long as that. But let me see some of the pointillist things you were talking about.’ ‘It’s the application of the technique to abstractions that I’ve been finding interesting.’ Surprised and gratified, Cheel produced some of his recent labours. ‘One can’t just be a critic all the time.’ ‘Can’t one?’ For some minutes Holme studied with care the small paintings shown to him. ‘Yes,’ he said.MoreLess
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