Bertha was glad of this.

"A Ministering Angel" seemed to her by no means a very remarkable production, and she liked much better to say nothing about it than to depreciate the painter; for to do this would have been like seeking to confirm Rosamund in her attitude towards Norbert Franks, which was not at all Bertha's wish.
A few weeks later, Rosamund returned to the topic.

"N.

F's picture," she wrote, "is evidently a great success--and you can imagine how I feel about it.

I saw it, you remember, at an early stage, when he called it 'The Slummer,' and you remember too, the effect it had upon me.