Mr. Frederick Wedmore (interrupting). Can you tell me whether the frames are included in the prices of the pictures?
J. Stepney. No, sir. They are stock frames, the property of the Gallery, and are only lent for the occasion.
Mr. Frederick Wedmore. Then I fear I
cannot buy; a naked picture without a frame is useless to me.
Charles Ricketts. Do you think I could buy a frame without a picture?
Joseph Pennell. I say Ricketts, it seems a beastly shame we didn’t get this show for the International. It would have been good ‘ad.’ What’s the use of Backers? I see they’re selling well.
Charles Ricketts. But, my dear Pennell, you’re doing the Life, aren’t you?—the real Dubedat?
Joseph Pennell. Oh, yes, but the family have injuncted Heinemann from publishing the letters: Mr. Justice Kekewich will probably change his opinion when the weather gets warmer. It is only an interim injunction.
Charles Ricketts. A sort of Clapham Injunction.
Sir William Richmond, K.C.B., R.A. If I had known what a stupendous genius Dubedat was, I should have given him part of the ‘New Bailey’ to decorate.