Surely, we remember, the knock
on the door from the Execution-
er, to console the widow for a
natural mistake. Instead of or-
dering, "Fire," he says he did
say, "Fire is not what I ask."
Innocently, explicably, circum-
stances intervened to suppress
any sound of such distinctions.
Truly, he is a man of his word.
Ansel Adams
untitled
Portfolio V
1944
Coll. Laurent
1970
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