She did not notice that.

Her heart had throbbed wildly as she stepped inside the shed.

She looked round, all delirious eagerness for the nude figure.
There it was, covered up with a great canvas! Yes, there were the outlines of the figure.

How shapely it seemed, even inside the canvas! She stepped forward without a word, and snatched at the covering.

He swiftly interposed and stopped her hand.
"I will see it," she said.
"Not to-day," he answered.
"I tell you I will." She wrenched her hand free and caught at the canvas.