Much prettier than the photograph.

Yes, you are so pretty.

I would like to put you on the mantel-piece as an ornament instead of the picture." "May I be allowed to endorse Carlotta's sentiment of appreciation ?" I said, with a view to covering her indiscretion, for I saw a flash of conjecture in Pasquale's eyes and a sudden spot of real red in Judith's cheeks.

She had evidently desired to suggest an old claim on my regard, but to have it based on such intimate details as the enshrining of my photograph was not to her fancy.
"I am vastly beholden to you both," said Judith, who has a graceful way of receiving compliments.

"But," turning to Pasquale, "we have travelled far from Abyssinia." "To Sir Marcus's mantel-piece.