“Nothing is impossible,” Perry parried crossly, “and, if we lose the Marquis, we may never find another buyer for the necklace.”
“Why can he not view it in London?” Kezia asked.
“Because when I told him that it had been in our possession ever since the 1789 French Revolution, I happened to mention that my grandfather had bought it for my grandmother to wear when she was painted by the Master artist, Reynolds.
“‘Then it is a painting I must see!” the Marquis exclaimed. “I have several Reynolds in my collection and consider him one of the best English artists there has ever been, especially when it came to painting women.”
“‘I agree with you,’ I said and it was then that he asked himself to stay with us.”
“I do see that you could hardly take the picture to London when it is so large,” K
