Art & Lies
“Twelve steps forward twelve steps back. He didn’t look up, he muttered into a walkie-talkie, held so close to his upper lip that he might have been shaving. He should have been shaving. Picasso considered the guard; the pacing, the muttering, the unkempt face, the ill-fitting clothes. In aspect and manner he was no better than the average lunatic and yet he drew a salary and was competent to answer questions about trains.Picasso decided to ask him one.‘What time shall I expect the arrival of th...e 9:15?’He looked at her with undisguised contempt. It was his duty, she was a passenger, he was a guard. He held up his hand in an authoritative STOP sign, although he was the one moving. Picasso waited patiently until he had walked the twenty-four steps that reunited them. She repeated her question. Dramatically he lowered the phone from his upper lip and pointed to the passenger information board.‘Yes,’ said Picasso. ‘The board tells me that the 9:15 will arrive at 9:20. It is now 9:30.’The guard looked at her as a priest looks at a blasphemer.MoreLess
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