"Well, am I to have the sketch?" he inquired, after waiting vainly for an answer.
"No."
"You refuse?" he asked, chagrined.
"Yes. I drew the picture for myself, not for Lady Adela," she replied, spiritedly.
"She will be disappointed at my failure to secure it for her," said he.
"That does not matter to me," Leonora returned, coldly. "Why does she not make a picture for herself?"
"She does not sketch."
"Ah! is it beneath her dignity?" asked the girl.
"No, but beyond her power," he returned.
"Really?" asked the girl.