| I get to the square, it started raining right
away. I thought I was going to have to quit, but a toothless old gentleman
who was standing nearby went and got an umbrella that he held for me while
I made this, for the entire hour and a half or so that it took. Another
man provided a little stool to sit on (four or five inches high). A big
crowd gathered around me while I made this drawing. At one point the owner
of the moped in the drawing arrived to drive it away. Some people in the
crowd saw that I hadn't finished drawing it yet and charged him, admonishing
him to leave it right there until I was finished. Thus chastened (and made
curious) he became part of the crowd and watched until I was done. Afterwards,
the owner (?) of a little cafe across the street invited me in for some
tea. |
