The General had played a surprise upon him.

And Miss Westcote, alas! was a critic, especially of classical subjects.
He had heard of her drawings for her brother's book.
Dorothea blushed.
"Indeed I am no artist.

Please do not talk of those drawings.

If you only knew how much I am ashamed of them.

And besides, they were meant as diagrams to help the reader, not as illustrations.