"So what have you to say for yourself, sir ?" "If you were annoyed, I humbly apologize," he returned.

"Perhaps I was unintentionally rude to frighten you in that way, but my excuse lies in our subservience to the demands of our art.

We seldom hesitate at anything which tends to give our pictures the semblance of reality." "_Art_, did you say, Mr.Werner ?" It was Beth who asked this and there was a bit of a sneer in her tone.
"It is really art--art of the highest character," he replied warmly.

"Do you question it, Miss--Miss--" "Miss de Graf.

I suppose, to be fair, I must admit that the photography is art; but the subjects of your pictures, I have observed, are far from artistic.