"But, my dear, it will be so tedious sitting in the young man's studio for an hour or two at a time."
"Oh, my dear aunt, I won't force you to do it alone. I will accompany you."
"If you will, Grace, I shall not mind it so much. I am afraid you will find it stupid."
"Oh, no; I think not. I can carry a magazine or novel, you know."
"To be sure."
Grace did carry some reading matter, but made little progress in it.
She and Vernon always found something to talk about, and sometimes her aunt joined in, when the subject was not above her comprehension.
She, too, approved the artist.
"Really, my dear," she said, "the young man seems very intelligent, and, indeed, distingue, if his clothes were better."
"Artists cannot dress handsomely at their work, Aunt Caroline."