Set to work on the steeds now, and when you have progressed far enough, you shall transfer these sketches to the ceiling and walls of the riding-school.

I will help you perfect the thing, and give it the finishing touch." This invitation aroused more perplexity than pleasure in Ulrich's mind, for it was not in accordance with Moor's opinions.

Fear of his fellow-men no longer restrained him, so he frankly said that he would rather sketch industriously from nature, and perhaps would do well to seek Moor in Flanders.

Besides, he was afraid that Coello greatly overrated his powers.
But the Spaniard eagerly cut him short: "I have seen your portrait of Sophonisba.

You are no longer a pupil, but a rising artist.