Paul Gauguin Hail Mary painting

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Saladin Chamcha came to a flushed, embarrassed halt. "Such violence of the spirit after so long," Changez said after a silence. "So sad. A quarter of a century and still the son begrudges the peccadilloes of the past. O my son. You must stop carrying me around like a parrot on your shoulder. What am I? Finished. I'm not your Old Man of the Sea. Face it, mister: I don't explain you any more."
Through a window Saladin Chamcha caught sight of a fortyyear-old walnut-tree. "Cut it down," he said to his father. "Cut it, sell it, send me the cash."
Chamchawala rose to his feet, and extended his right hand. Zeeny, also rising, took it like a dancer accepting a bouquet; at once, Vallabh and Kasturba diminished into servants, as if a clock had silently chimed pumpkin-time. "Your book," he said to Zeeny. "I have something you'd like to see."
The two of them left the room; impotent Saladin, after a moment's floundering, stamped petulantly in their wake. "Sourpuss," Zeeny called