Afterthatheturnedroundtome，andaskedveryanxiouslyifIhadanyobjectiontopartingwiththatsketch。
Itwastheleastinterestingdrawingofthecollection——merelyaviewinoneofthestreetsrunningbythebacksofthehousesinthePalaisRoyal。Somefourorfiveofthesehouseswerecomprisedintheview，whichwasofnoparticularusetomeinanyway，andwhichwastoovalueless，asaworkofart，formetothinkofsellingit。Ibeggedhisacceptanceofitatonce。Hethankedmequitewarmly;andthen，seeingthatIlookedalittlesurprisedattheoddselectionhehadmadefrommysketches，laughinglyaskedmeifIcouldguesswhyhehadbeensoanxioustobecomepossessedoftheviewwhichIhadgivenhim。
\"Probably，\"Ianswered，\"thereissomeremarkablehistoricalassociationconnectedwiththatstreetatthebackofthePalaisRoyal，ofwhichIamignorant。\"
\"No，\"saidMr。Faulkner;\"atleastnonethat/I/knowof。Theonlyassociationconnectedwiththeplacein/my/mindisapurelypersonalassociation。Lookatthishouseinyourdrawing——thehousewiththewater-piperunningdownitfromtoptobottom。Ioncepassedanightthere——anightIshallneverforgettothedayofmydeath。Ihavehadsomeawkwardtravellingadventuresinmytime;but/that/adventure！
Well，nevermind，supposewebeginthesitting。Imakebutabadreturnforyourkindnessingivingmethesketchbythuswastingyourtimeinmeretalk。\"