"Trained models know what is needed; with new ones there is trouble. Thou hast never been a model in thy life?"
"No, sir."
"How didst thou get the wish to be a model?"
She hesitated, and blushed somewhat.
"Pani Lageat told me that I should be able to earn something."
"True, but evidently thou art afraid. What dost thou fear? I will not eat thee! How much dost thou ask for a sitting?"
"Pani Lageat told me that you would pay five francs."
"Pani Lageat was mistaken. I pay ten."
Joy gleamed in the girl's face, and her cheeks grew still redder.
"When must I begin?" asked she, with a somewhat trembling voice.