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He saw that the nail was strong , and firmly fixed in the wall ; he took care that the wire left nothing to be desired and was properly attached to the rings of the picture . The picture was hung early one morning . That day he went to play golf . He returned at five o'clock , and again the first thing which met his eye was the picture . It had again fallen down , and this time it had brought with it in its fall the small Chinese god , which was broken in two . The glass had again been shattered to bits , and the picture itself was somewhat damaged . Everything else on the chimney-piece , that is to say , a few matchboxes and two candle-sticks , had also been thrown to the ground -- everything with the exception of the little Ikon he had bought at Nijni-Novgorod , a small object about two inches square on which two Saints were pictured .