Dust lay on the half-used tubes of paint on the table; paletteknives and brushes of every size rested in jars. Rolled canvas andwood for stretchers leaned against a wall. Past the table stood a sec-ond door, which opened to a smaller room with another easel and anold blue-velvet-upholstered armchair. He lowered himself onto thechair, hands on his knees, and looked about him