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           Hesaysthatthecrudthey’remakingnowdayslookslikedisasterinajunkyardandanyidiotwithablowtorchandastigmatismcansethimselfupasasculptor."

           Annenoddedthoughtfully."IthinkDukeisright.YoucantellwhatJubal’stastesinsculpturearebylookingatthebooksinhisstudy.ButIdoubtifitwillhelpmuch."

           Neverthelesstheylooked,AnneandJillandMike,andAnnepickedoutthreebooksasbearingevidence(tohereyes)ofhavingbeenlookedatmostoften."Hmm?"shesaid."It’sclearthattheBosswouldlikeanythingbyRodin.Mike,ifyoucouldbuyoneoftheseforJubal,whichonewouldyoupick?Oh,here’saprettyone–‘EternalSpringtime.’"

           Mikebarelyglancedatitandturnedthepage."Thisone."

           "What?"Jilllookedatitandshuddered."Mike,thatoneisperfectlydreadful!IhopeIdielongbeforeIlooklikethat."

           "Thatisbeauty,"Mikesaidfirmly.

           "Mike!"Jillprotested."You’vegotadepravedtaste–you’reworsethanDuke.Orelseyoujustdon’tknowanybetter."

           Ordinarilysucharebukefromawaterbrother,mostespeciallyfromJill,wouldhaveshutMikeup,forcedhimtospendthefollowingnightintryingtounderstandhisfault.Butthiswasartinwhichhewassureofhimself.TheportrayedstatuewasthefirstthinghehadseenonEarthwhichfeltlikeabreathofhometohim.AlthoughitwasclearlyapictureofahumanwomanitgavehimafeelingthataMartianOldOneshouldbesomewherearound,responsibleforitscreation.