The Queen Summary

There is an artist telling the story of Bijou whom he had loved. She was faithless but beautiful like a queen. The artist calls her "the queen of the whores." Her name was Bijou. There was an artist ball and all the models were to come dressed to be looked at. The theme had been African savages and Bijou came to this artist for him to paint her. She was going to go naked to the ball with the exception of a small fig leaf. The artist begins to paint every inch of her naked body and becomes excited by the sight of her. She tells him to come to the ball after her and she will wait for him so that he can be the first but she doesn't want to ruin the paint. The artist has spent hours painting...