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too seems as strange as the ‘little, lawless’ figures. Life itself is absurd and lawless. When the brother and sister struggled hard against poverty, they still had cheerful looks for one another; now they have sufficiency but no youth. The ending line is suggestive. The author tells his sister to ‘look’ at the paintings. At old age they can only look at the delights of others, not enjoy it.