„The gift that left my husband briefly speechless. He spent the rest of the week showing it to everyone.”

Gijs was a birthday gift — the kind of gift you cannot tell in advance is brilliant or reckless. It turned out brilliant, though the recipient had to swallow once first.

The portrait now stands on the desk, beside the real Gijs, who according to Marieke remains conspicuously indifferent to the whole affair. Cats.