The Mystery of a Studio, Chapter 1

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌⁠Where the light slants down softly into one corner of a noted art museum in Boston there hangs a large picture. Its title is "Fulfillment." Discriminating art critics have alternately raved at it and praised it; from the day it appeared there it has been a fruitful source of acrimonious discussion. As for the public, it accepts the picture as a startling, amazing thing of beauty, and there is alwa