At the time I remarked to him, or rather to myself, that to veil the likeness of a living woman in such a way seemed to me rather an ill-omened thing to do, though why I should have thought it so I do not quite know." "You are quite right, Quatermain.

I had that foolish fancy, a lover's freak, I suppose.

When we married the curtain was removed although the brass rod on which it hung was left by some oversight.

On my return to England after my loss, however, I found that I could not bear to look upon this lifeless likeness of one who had been taken from me so cruelly, and I caused it to be replaced.

I did more.