THE IDEAL.
From Olivia to Mary Jane
“And so, dearest, you have married an artist! How like you, who was always such an admirer of the beautiful. * * * I can see you ‘in my mind’s eye’; your Algernon (his name is Algernon, is it not, dearest?) seated like another Apelles at his easel, whilst you, his own Cantaspe, make the most graceful of models. You remember——
“Apelles, when Cantaspe’s form he drew,
Bade her remove the look of love she wore,
Lest others should adore,” etc., etc.
[For “The Real,” see [page 154].
Artist. My big picture? I haven’t painted in the two principal figures yet; because I can’t find anybody pretty enough to sit for them. Ah! Miss Mary, if I could only induce you just to——
Miss Bridget. Oh! my dear Mr. M’Gilp, we should both be only too delighted! When shall we come to your studio? How shall we dress? and what style of coiffure? [Now, what is a fellow to say in such a fix as this?