It was a difficult bit of anatomy to draw.

Vandover was annoyed at his ill success--such close attention and continued effort wearied him a little--the room was overheated and close, and the gas stove, which was placed near the throne to warm the model, leaked and filled the room with a nasty brassy smell.

Vandover remembered that the previous week he had been looking over some old bound copies of _l'Art_ in the Mechanics Library and had found them of absorbing interest.

There was a pleasant corner and a huge comfortable chair near where they were in the reading-room, and from the window one could occasionally look out upon the street.

It was a quiet spot, and he would not be disturbed all the morning.