But the sculptor assured them that they would be disappointed, for time had treated her cruelly.
"I have shown her," he continued, "as she charmed me a generation ago.
What you see standing before you is the young girl Julia; I was not capable of representing her as matron or mother.

The thought of her son would have spoiled everything." "He is capable of better emotions," Alexander declared.
"May be," answered the old man--"I do not know them.

May your father and brother be restored to you soon!--I must get to work!".