“Enough to mix colours properly.”
“I didn’t realise that painters ever actually painted pictures by moonlight.”
“It’s a sort of hit or miss business, but the notes made are interesting,” he explained.
“What do you do with these moonlight studies?”
“Use them as notes in the studio when a moonlight picture is to be painted.”
“Are you then a realist, monsieur?”
“As much of a realist as anybody with imagination can be,” he replied, smiling at her charming, moonlit face.
“I understand. Realism is merely honesty plus the imagination of the individual.”
“A delightful mot, madam——”
“Mademoiselle,” she corrected him demurely. “Are you English?”