William Bouguereau Birth of Venus Painting

William Bouguereau Birth of Venus Painting

Cabanel The Birth of Venus painting

But she had said nothing when there had occurred the gradual disappearance of various little possessions she knew that Bunting valued, notably of the old-fashioned gold watch-chain which had been given to him after the death of his first master, a master he had nursed faithfully and kindly through a long and terrible illness. There had also vanished a twisted gold tie-pin, and a large mourning ring, both gifts of former employers.

The Birth of Venus

When people are living near that deep pit which divides the secure from the insecure - when they see themselves creeping closer and closer to its dread edge - they are apt, however loquacious by nature, to fall into long silences. Bunting had always been a talker, but now he talked no more. Neither did Mrs. Bunting, but then she had always been a silent woman, and that was perhaps one reason why Bunting had felt drawn to her from the very first moment he had seen her.
The Birth of Venus