Mimi could not believe this act of willful provocation, and when he was about to go away for class, she and John engaged in a tug-of-war in excess of the painting in the driveway. Imagine the scene: For the weekly "everyday living" course, fifteen pupils would be quietly standing at the rear of their easels in Room 71, sketching the human body of 27-calendar year-outdated nude model June Furlong.