A week later I receive the earnest money from Baron Hirsch. The
remainder will be paid when the purchaser obtains possession of the
canvas. Meanwhile, the Bank of Commerce fires onto the table for me five
thousand francs in louis d'or. In life I have not seen so much money. I
come home laden down like a mule.
There is an assembly in the studio. I throw my coin on the floor; and
since I have never wallowed in gold, I begin to wallow in it. After me
Antek wallows. The house-owner comes in, and thinks that we have lost
our senses. We amuse ourselves like cannibals.