So many foolish people they stand up in the tour bus and I must shout to them, “Asseyez-vous!” It is so when silly silly people say to me, “M. Just, for what do you say the painting of M. Caillebotte is called ‘Chant Sous la Pluie?’ You are so false, so false! And look: that is not Rue de Jouffroy d’Abbans, no! It is not that at all! It is a little place near Gare St. Lazare. So!”
To those silly silly people I also must shout, “Asseyez-vous!” But I do not add, “Imbécile!” Though I think the thought. For look, do you see the very own copy of the painting I receive from Gustave himself! He say to me, “Saint-Just! Here is my new picture. I call it the ‘Chant Sous la Pluie!’ because I so love M. Gene Kelly. Ho ho! I put name right in front in big red words for you to know! And look, the sign it says ‘Rue de Jouffry d’Abbans’ because it is so! Now I go.”
It is plain as your nose of the face! Now, all of you, asseyez-vous, s’il vous plait!
Filed under: My Friends, Painting, Paris, Wonderful | Tagged: Caillebotte, Jouffroy d'Abbans, Singing in the Rain
