Mr. Hodgkin, sir, may I express my hearty agreement with your eloquent riposte to the indecorous proposal of a certain dangerous female personage who shall be nameless and who, i fear, is attempting in a most unseemly manner to, if may i say it, 'horn' in on my contractual agreement with one particular craftsman, an agreement in which it has been written (in that fine calligraphy of yours, sir, and my congratulations on your skilled hand!) on my inner thigh, for want, at the moment of signing, of a sheet (of paper) that Mr. Hodgkin shall confine his artistry to one, and only one canvas, at the Beltane Festival.
I do think, sir, that you should perhaps reconsider your perhaps premature decision to forego a number of practice sessions in advance of the main event. If you do prefer to conserve your creative juices for the chef d'oeuvre, perhaps you might send to me, with all haste, a talented apprentice arteeste with whom to 'work' in preparation for your arrival. This brings to mind a question, (speaking of your travel plans) -- Can you tell me exactly when and how you do plan, sir, to come? |
