It will be most interesting to watch the picture growing day by day.

What will you call it, signor?
By some fancy title ?" "It will depend on its appearance when completed," he replied, as he threw open the doors of the studio and bowed us out with his usual ceremonious politeness.
"Au revoir, madame! A demain, mademoiselle!" and the violet velvet curtains of the portiere fell softly behind us as we made our exit.
"Is there not something strange about that young man ?" said Mrs.
Everard, as we walked through the long gallery of the Hotel de L---- back to our own rooms.

"Something fiendish or angelic, or a little of both qualities mixed up ?" "I think he is what people term PECULIAR, when they fail to understand the poetical vagaries of genius," I replied.

"He is certainly very uncommon." "Well!" continued my friend meditatively, as she contemplated her pretty mignonne face and graceful figure in a long mirror placed attractively in a corner of the hall through which we were passing; "all I can say is that I wouldn't let him paint MY portrait if he were to ask ever so! I should be scared to death.

I wonder you, being so nervous, were not afraid of him." "I thought you liked him," I said.
"So I do.