“I was wondering what you do—lawyer, doctor, journalist, business man or what.
“And what did you conclude?”
“I concluded that you did nothing.”
“You are right. But I try—I paint.”
“Portraits?”
“Yes.”
“That explains your way of looking at people. Only, you’ll get no customers if you paint them as you see them.”
“I only see what they see when they look in the mirror.”
“Yes, but you see it impartial—or rather, I should say, cynically.”
“Thank you.”