She winced when
first she heard the preparation-room door open and Capes came down the
laboratory; but when at last he reached her she was self-possessed. I know why. ‘I have first some affairs to finish. Please yourself. He was accompanied by a young man of about
seven-and-twenty, who carried his easel, set it in its place, laid the canvass upon
it, opened the paint box, took out the brushes and palette, and, in short, paid him
the most assiduous attention. ”
Part 2
Capes thought. Ann Veronica, with a sigh at the cost of
hospitality, made a hasty negotiation for an extra tea and for a fire in the groundfloor apartment, and preened herself carefully for the interview. It was all highly
intriguing. Supposing she saw the young man at dinner that night, emptying his bottle? She
could not go to him, sit down and draw the sordid pictures she had seen so often. He spoke English with astonishing facility and
with a purity which often embarrassed his tourists. . He would always see the picture of the
huge, raw-boned Dutchman, haranguing and thundering the word of God into
the dull ears of South Sea Islanders, who, an hour later, would be carrying fruit
penitently to their wooden images. ”
“I said I was all right. She heard the shower running and looked at his floor.
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