la mer

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7th Day
Danseuse Yvette Guilbert (1865-1944) the subject of countless sketches, paintings and posters by Toulouse Lautrec, was once savaged by Sarcey a formidable critic of the day and she forced her way into his study. She said, “You are an insolent cad...”
“I regret,” he said and pointed to a pile of papers that needed to be filled before noon, ”and if we have no more to say to each other...”
At this the fiery tempered danseuse seized the brass inkstand and overturned it on the sheets saying, ”they were to be dirtied, they are dirtied.”

benny