He undervalues them; that is too little.
LANDBERGEN.
Few think so nobly as you do, Sir; though they are certainly very well done, and very cheap, I have not yet been able to find a purchaser.
CHARLES.
I like these pieces so well I shall be very happy to have them that I may copy them; I should be very proud, indeed, if I could draw but half as well. It is very inhuman not to pay an ingenious man the full price for his labour, or to undervalue the productions of an unfortunate gentleman.
The subject was now dropped, but when we took our leave, Charles gave Mr. Landbergen fifty guilders for the pictures; and as we walked home they were the subject of our conversation.
CHARLES.
I am glad that chance threw those pictures in my way, they are painted in a masterly style.
EDWARD.
They are well executed, I believe, but confess now Charles that you bought those pictures rather to be serviceable to the painter, than to please yourself.