What are you stopping and scratching your head for in that way ?" "It's no use," replied Zack; "I've tried it a dozen times, and I find I can't draw a Gladiator's nose." "Can't!" cried Mr.Blyth, "what do you mean by applying the word 'can't' to any process of art in _my_ presence?
There, that's the line of the Gladiator's nose.

Go over it yourself with this fresh piece of chalk.
No; wait a minute.

Come here first, and see how Madonna is striking in the figure; the front view of it, remember, which is the most difficult.
She hasn't worked as fast as usual, though.

Do you find your view of the model a little too much for you, my love ?" continued Valentine, transferring the last words to his fingers, to communicate them to Madonna.
She shook her head in answer.

It was not the difficulty of drawing from the cast before her, but the difficulty of drawing at all, which was retarding her progress.