596. Coromo was shocked at this woman's observations, and asked, "How do you know all this?" And now Mrs. Tallulah lied by saying, "I read a book about art one time and that was what it said."
597. This was a complete lie, but she did not want him to know the answer to his question. She was an art dealer from New York and her speciality was buying and selling self-taught and outsider art, so when she contemplated the purchase of pictures by naive people she never let them to know her intentions. She could tell Coromo had painted the pictures, and she intended to buy the set of six, but it was her unbreakable rule never to pay more than a dollar for a picture.
598. She told him she wanted to buy all six of the pictures and offered to pay him five dollars for the set, but he refused the offer outright. Being a dealer in art she just assumed the refusal was because of her price . She never expected he would refuse, but right away she offered ten dollars, breaking her cardinal rule. He refused the offer of ten dollars, but only because he still hoped the sisters would arrive.
599. Several days went by and finally he had to come to the conclusion that the sisters were not coming that year, and furthermore he was not going to get a response to his e-mail inquiries. He did write an angry note saying that he was never going to write again, and it finally produced this reply.
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