Meanwhile, I shall sit here through all the hot summer, daubing at your pictures." "Oh, take your time about it," said Newman.

"Do them at your convenience." They walked farther and looked at a dozen other things.

Newman pointed out what pleased him, and Mademoiselle Noemie generally criticised it, and proposed something else.

Then suddenly she diverged and began to talk about some personal matter.
"What made you speak to me the other day in the Salon Carre ?" she abruptly asked.
"I admired your picture." "But you hesitated a long time." "Oh, I do nothing rashly," said Newman.
"Yes, I saw you watching me.

But I never supposed you were going to speak to me.