A single profile, even a mere mathematical figure, would, in his hands, become the illustration of a spiritual truth.

And, in time, every fresh lesson on the Odyssey was accompanied by its illustration,--some bold and simple outline drawing.

In Argemone's eyes, the sketches were immaculate and inspired; for their chief, almost their only fault, was just those mere anatomical slips which a woman would hardly perceive, provided the forms were generally graceful and bold.
One day his fancy attempted a bolder flight.

He brought a large pen-and-ink drawing, and laying it silently on the table before her, fixed his eyes intensely on her face.

The sketch was labelled, the 'Triumph of Woman.' In the foreground, to the right and left, were scattered groups of men, in the dresses and insignia of every period and occupation.