Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 476
and hiseyes sparkled like jewels. I was beginning to see thereal Inchie. Was this really the litde man, the laughing-stock of the hotel, bullied and sworn at by every one ?He talked of Hookosai, who, he asserted, was not thegreat master that he is universally considered to be inEurope. Hookosai was… … Workers suppressed excitement; and, stepping behind a screenas he spoke, reappeared almost immediately with ahandkerchief rolled round his head and his kimonotucked up, posing in the attitude of one of the mostcelebrated of Hookosais pictures. Twenty or thirtypictures were represented, and in each…
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