BEFORE "THE HUGUENOT."
An Appreciative Lady. Ah! yes, it is wonderfully painted! Isn't it lovely the way that figured silk is done? You can hardly tell it isn't real, and the plush coat he's wearing; such an exquisite shade of violet, and the ivy-leaves, and the nasturtiums and the old red brick; yes, it's very beautiful—and yet, do you know, (meditatively) I almost think it's prettier in the engravings!