Cupid was the ancient Roman god of love, the son of Venus and Mars, associated with the Greek godEros, which see for more details. He was generally considered beneficent, but there are many stories centered around his penchant for mischievous matchmaking.
smooth white stones, he blotted-in studies of color.html">color, which he
many occasions on which he could not take his paints with him led
wonderful exactness. He was also obliged to reduce his outlines and
sign.html">sign.html">sign painted for the inn. Master Linseed was to paint it.
Master Linseed's shop had been a place of resort for Jan in some of
churlish enough to him, but, finding that Jan was skilful with a
received instead of giving thanks. Jan went there less after he got
own, instead of making imperfect experiments in color on bits of
interest. He had a design of his own for it, which he was most
he. "It be the heart.html">Heart of oak.html">oak.html">Oak. Now I know.html">know a oak-tree with a big
little branches closes in above till 'tis just like a heart.
of the oak so that 'ee could match the yellows and greens. And then
like a blue.html">blue mist between them, thee know. That blue in the paper
beautiful for the sky. And" -
"And who's to do all that for a few shillings?" broke in the
the Foresters' dinner.html">dinner."
Since the pressing nature of the commission was Master Linseed's
Jan that he did not set about it in some fashion. But he delayed
that real sign-painting was beyond his powers.
It was within a week of the dinner that the little innkeeper burst
and the sign-board lay untouched in a corner.
"It be a kind of fever that's on him," said his wife.
"It be a kind of fiddlestick!" said the enraged Master Chuter; and
as himself. Day after day had he come in hopes of seeing Master
innkeeper's face brightened, and, seizing Jan by the shoulder, he
the sign? I dunno what I'd give 'ee if 'ee could, if 'twere only to
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