Ind. Reading "The Moon and The Sixpence". Part 2

      Having been in London, our main character quickly found the hotel that Mr. Strickland had mentioned in his letter to his partner. But despite expectations, it wasn’t a luxurious or fashionable one. On the contrary, it was quite small, very poor and unpretentious. The narrator didn’t believe that Mr. Strickland could live in such hotel but he decided to make sure and didn’t regret it.

      When he introduced, it seemed that Mr. Strickland waited for someone from London. The narrator was full of indignation and he tried to tell him everything.  Unexpectedly, Mr. Strickland suggested to leave this hotel and had a lunch. During the lunch, the teller returned to his aim of visiting with double passion. Then Mr. Strickland explained him everything. And that he hadn’t left London with a lover, and he didn’t have plenty of money and didn’t want to return to his wife. But he wanted to live in France, to study painting and paid attention only to the art.  At that very moment, the narrator understood what that man Mr. Strickland was. How he was powerful, purposeful and talented.

      After their conversation, the narrator knew there was no sense to stay in France any more. He returned to London and visited Mrs. Strickland immediately. He explained and proved that her husband didn’t want to return because of his desire to painting. But he began to think that Mrs. Strickland liked the status of an abandoned wife without means of subsistence.