noon
` It ees deefficult , ' she said , with that seductive formation of the lips used by her countrywomen when speaking English , ` for a magnet to attract putty . Still -- there ees the American . At least I shall not be altogether bored . ' That noon , in a restaurant of Chelsea , the district of Pensioners and Bohemians , two young gentlemen , considerably in need of renovation by both tailor and barber , met at a table and nodded gloomily . One was Johnston Smyth , an artist , who , finding himself possessed neither of a technique nor of the industry to acquire one , had evolved a super-futurist style that had made him famous in a night . He was spoken of as ` a new force ; ' it was prophesied that English Art would date from him . Unfortunately his friends neglected to buy his paintings , and as his art was a vivid one , consisting of vast quantities of colour splashed indiscriminately on the canvas , it took more than his available funds to purchase the accessories of his calling .