He kissed Alena again before he turned resolutely to the writing desk.
He began to pull out the drawings that were at the very bottom of the strangely shaped drawer.
There was a Study for a Cherub and one for a Male Nude and several for a Madonna and Child.
Then there was a Study of Venus and Psyche and Christ’s Charge to Peter that Vincent said with awe in his voice was a masterpiece.
“You are absolutely sure that these drawings are really valuable?” Alena asked him pensively.
She was still frightened of being too optimistic or of raising their hopes only to have them dashed down later.
What she did know was that none of these drawings were on the list of items entailed.
She was quite certain that no one had been aware that they even existed.
Finally Vincent collected what he thou
