"Won't you talk, sir? Although your face is an exceedingly interesting one when at rest, yet the more characteristics I can bring out, the better."
Falk smirked; a glimmer of pleasure and gratification lit up his coarse features.
"I hope you'll be able to dine with us on bank holiday, Mr. Lundell?"
"Thank you...."
"You'll be able to study the faces of many men of distinction, then, men whose features deserve being fixed on canvas far more than mine do."
"Perhaps I may have the honour of painting them?"
"You will, if I recommend you."
"Oh, do you really think so?"
"Certainly I do!"
"I just caught a new expression in your face. Try and keep it for a few moments. There! This is excellent! I'm afraid I shall have to work at this portrait all day long. There are so many details which one only discovers gradually. Your face is rich in interesting features."