She is not a model.

She is a young lady who teaches by correspondence.

She is my tutor--of course I have so often talked to you about her--who taught me the science of Heraldry, and wrote me such charming letters." "Your tutor! You said your tutor was an old gentleman." "So I thought, Clara.

But I was wrong.

My tutor is a young lady, and this is her portrait, half-finished.