“He’s the one who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along and he likes to shoot his gun
But he don’t know what it means…”
~ Nirvana.
June 1890.
Vincent paints a demure Marguerite as poses in the garden. Reluctant to speak for the majority of their session, she enjoys listening to Vincent ramble on as he applies brushstrokes with rapid and confident flourishes. As Vincent packs up, she pauses before going back inside and whispers to him that her father isn’t “everything that he appears to be.” From a second floor window Marguerite’s brother, Paul, takes notice.
In Brittany, de Haan receives news from his family they they are no longer willing to support him financially. Without their monthly stipend, he can’t afford to rent the house in Brittany and informs Paul. Devastated, Paul sends a letter to Bernard about his plans for traveling to the tropics, and sends another to Émile Schuffenecker asking if it’s possible to return to his home since staying in Brittany has become “untenable.”
While Vincent paints in the fields near Dr. Gachet’s home, Marguerite brings him a glass of lemonade. He asks her about the cryptic comment from their last meeting, but Marguerite shares about her deceased mother instead.
