12/48 She says I can only do blood and bones. I don't believe she has blood in her veins. All the same I lover her; and I must go on loving her; and if I can humble her inordinate vanity I will. I'll do a Melancolia that shall be something like a Melancolia--"the Melancolia that transcends all wit." I'll do it at once, con--bless her.' He discovered that the notion would not come to order, and that he could not free his mind for an hour from the thought of Maisie's departure. |