Seeing the faint, provocative gleam in Melody's eyes, Seraphina found the whole situation rather amusing.
What exactly was Ms. Monroe trying to achieve by coming after her time and time again?
Was she after Lucian?
But she was already married into the Langford family and carrying Lucian's child. No matter how bitter Melody felt, she couldn't change that reality.
Was she just trying to vent her frustration?
But every time she picked a fight, it was Melody who ended up humiliated.
Why bother?
Seraphina couldn't understand it, but she also had no desire to get dragged into a messy dispute with Melody at an event like this.
"Then I'll gladly follow along and broaden my horizons," Seraphina replied with perfect neutrality.
Elder Harrison was in high spirits and completely oblivious to the undercurrents of tension between the two women. He chuckled and instructed Gillian to unroll the scrolls one by one.
The first piece was A rare Goya charcoal sketch. The strokes were concise, and the artistic conception was stark and solitary.
A few of the older gentlemen gathered around, eagerly offering their critiques.
Elder Harrison stroked his chin and looked at Seraphina. "Seraphina, what do you think of this piece?"
Seraphina stepped forward, examined it carefully for a moment, and said, "The brushwork is vigorous, and the use of negative space is excellent, but..."
She paused. "The texture of this paper is quite different from the kind Goya typically used."
Elder Harrison raised an eyebrow. "Oh? How so?"
Seraphina pointed to the edge of the paper. "Most genuine Goya pieces from that era used a specially commissioned paper with a very fine, even grain. But the fibers on this paper are slightly coarse, and the way the shading is applied looks much more like an 18th-century imitation."

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