![]() ![]() Everyone knew the prices that true works of art brought in, and that the prices rose constantly. Not that that would necessarily always be the case for an aspiring artist. ![]() Irina, the widow of Nikolajev Komatschov, was experienced and clever enough to realize very quickly that Konstantin’s yearning to be part of the good life was very great, but his purse very small. Yes, he was new in the town, but for a painter, Baden-Baden was practically a paradise, n’est-ce pas? An evening or two in the casino, a couple of generous gestures in the Hotel Badischer Hof-taking care, of course, that those gestures did not overstretch his resources-and strolling up and down Lichtenthaler Allee a few times, looking vaguely lost. Princess Irina Komatschova, to be more precise. Getting to know Irina had not been difficult. ![]()
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