"But I mean something original."
"Oh! Hetty's drawings are original. She gathers a few flowers, and that is all she wants to begin with."
"She must be very clever. Who is Hetty, if I may ask?"
"Oh! Hetty is—Hetty Gray. She lives in this house. She is an orphan girl whom papa is educating to be a governess. She is always in the school-room with Miss Davis."
"Can she draw so cleverly?"
"Yes; it comes to her naturally. I will get a bundle of her drawings from papa to show you. He locked them up because she wanted to be an artist and he did not approve of it."
"It is well she did not want to go on the stage," said Phyllis. "She used to be an extraordinary actress. However, she gave that up and took a dislike to it. Perhaps she has now taken a dislike to drawing, and will not care to make a design for Reine."
"I am sure she will," said Nell. "Drawing is different from acting. People don't feel shy about drawing. I will go directly and ask her."
"Perhaps you would let me see her drawings first," said Miss Gaythorne.
"Certainly," said Nell; "papa is in his study, and I will go and fetch them."