“She did not know how to testify of her joy and her recognition of him; she assured him that she liked him even more than he liked her, of which the prince did not deem possible, but smiled just the same. Her words were very badly arranged, but the prince liked her all the more for it: little eloquence, much love. She was more embarrassed than he, and one should not be astonished by this fact: he had time to think of what he was going to say, and she did not. They spoke with each other for four hours and had not said half the things which they had to say...”

Original mixed media painting.

36 x 24 x 1.5