Herrera was a great scholar and artist, but an insignificant man; and he allowed himself to be paid like a bungler.

Ulrich's manly beauty had pleased him, and under his, Coello's teaching, he would make his mark.

He, the father knew better what suited Isabella than she herself.

Girls do not sob so bitterly as she had done, as soon as the door of the studio closed behind her, unless they are in love.
Whence did she obtain this cool judgment?
Certainly not from him, far less from her mother.
Perhaps she only wished to arouse Navarrete to do his best at the trial.
Coello smiled; it was in his power to judge mildly.
So he detained Ulrich with cheering words, and gave him a task in which he could probably succeed.

He was to paint a Madonna and Child, and two months were allowed him for the work.