Luzanne was employed every afternoon in a milliner's shop, but her evenings were free after the housework was done at nine o'clock.

Carnac in a burst of enthusiasm asked if she would sit to him as a model in the mornings.

Her father instantly said, of course she would.
This she did for many days, and sat with her hair down and bared neck, as handsome and modest as a female martyr should.

Carnac painted her with skill.

Sometimes he would walk with her to lunch and make her eat something sustaining, and they talked freely then, though little was said while he was painting her.