And the more I draw, the more I want to; I can do much better than I used to, and the teacher has told me several times that I can certainly learn to be an artist." Emma could not contain her joy at these words, and she cried out:-- "Now it's all right, Fani! You can be a painter, and I am sure you will be a celebrated one, the most famous one in all the land.

But why do not you tell Mrs.Stanhope directly that you want to do that and nothing else ?" Fani shook his head and looked very much depressed.
"It would be of no use.

Mrs.Stanhope will not allow me to be an artist; I am sure of that.

Once when we were walking, I said to her that I thought painting pictures was the greatest happiness a man could have; she said it was only a childish notion; and that when I grew up I should have very different ideas as to greatness and happiness.

And since then she has taken me about the estate several times; for you know, Emma, that it is a very large property; great vineyards stretching for miles along the Rhine.