“Yes, mother, I understand that he just turned the picture upside-down. It doesn’t matter. It works as a piece of Koesterlian unexpectedness. We get a little explosive burst of incongruity. What’s that? . . . Well, I know he just turned it around. It did cost him nothing. . . . No, he didn’t get an extra picture out of it. I’m sure this is the only one. . . . Well, no, I don’t know for sure, but. . . . OK, I suppose he could sell it twice. I’ll give you that.”
