William Bouguereau paintings

William Bouguereau paintings
Edward hopper paintings
Mary Cassatt paintings
gustav klimt paintings
He sprang up impatiently. ``Well, then -- it's my turn to ask: what is it, in God's name, that you think better?''
She hung her head and continued to clasp and unclasp her hands in her muff. The step drew nearer, and a guardian in a braided cap walked listlessly through the room like a ghost stalking through a necropolis. They fixed their eyes simultaneously on the case opposite them, and when the official figure had vanished down a vista of mummies and sarcophagi Archer spoke again.
``What do you think better?''
Instead of answering she murmured: ``I promised Granny to stay with her because it seemed to me that here I should be safer.''
``From me?''
She bent her head slightly, without looking at him.
``Safer from loving me?''
Her profile did not stir, but he saw a tear overflow on her lashes and hang in a mesh of her veil.
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``Safer from doing irreparable harm. Don't let us be like all the others!'' she protested.