Capitolo 28
imagination that she had put in theirs that to their technical worth.
Still in a job she had put his/her whole soul, and with success. This was
a portrait of his/her father to which that severe critic well enough liked
hangs on the wall of his/her library, and what you/he/she was acknowledged for having worths
also from Wharton, although he said that his unusual and rather masculine
steadiness to handle was due to the subject and you/he/she could be never repeated.
Catherine was spellbound to sit for his/her portrait. You/he/she was touching to see
the superstitious reverence with which this kneeled of child of grassland before
anything she supposed to be learned or artistic. You the takings for granted
the painting of that Esthers was marvelous; its only difficulty was
understands as such a banal man as George Strong, you/he/she could be a serious
teacher, in a true university. You thought that Strong taste for
bric-a-brac it was another of his/her jokes. He tried to instruct her/it, and it had
he/she almost succeeded when, in to produce his last and the most greater part of perfect piece of
Japanese lacquer, he said: "This piece, Catherine is too much pure for man.
We pray to him." Catherine sat serious as the eternity, but she believed
in his/her heart that he was doing amusing of her.
In this atmosphere, to sit for his/her portrait was the happiness, because it
the building a part of his/her society. Esther was amazed to find that that a
I model difficult that she was, with liquid reflections of eyes, hair and skin
that would have confused Correggio. Clearly she would be painted as
the Wise Hen. George sent for wise brush, and it found a wise and stuffed hen,
and photographer of wise-plain, to give to Esther the local color for her
portrait.
_Chapter III_
Once for week, if she was able, Esther passed a hour or two with the
children in the hospital. This building had the setups for some
twenty-five or thirty small patients, and as it was a private bargain,
the ladies handled him/it to please them. His/her children were given everybody