The Picture of Unter Judd
Madam Jeen Snellflort’s gentlemen adventurers set themselves high standards. They understood that any wandering thug with a big stick could steal something. For them, the mark of a gentleman adventurer was that nobody could pin the crime on them. One of them, Bagwis, decided he would raise his game and would try to steal the picture of Unter Judd, the first chair of the Council of Sinecurists, without anybody realising the painting had gone.
The painting hang hung on the back wall of the Grand Sinecurists Dining Room. Indeed old Unter Judd had, metaphorically at least, stared down upon the acquisition of Lady Edan’s fan. Given that in his time Unter had been a pirate and condottieri it is even possible he approved of the whole episode.
Bagwis always posed as an artist. Although not really burly enough to be a sculptor, he was a…
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Celebrating your every success, Tallis!
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many thanks
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Bagwis may have posed as an artist but he truly was an artist of the con kind. Such style. May he enjoy his profits for as long as he remains uncaught upon which time he may receive his just desserts.
Hugs
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I suspect the line between the two kinds of artist can be nebulous in some cases 😉
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