"I will endeavor not to try your patience too much, or keep you too long.

Do you think you can stand still for half an hour without too much fatigue ?" He kept her in pleasant conversation, while, with a free, bold hand he sketched the outlines of her face.
"I shall want one more sitting," he said.

"I will come to-morrow at this time." "Stop a minute," said Peg.

"I should like the money in advance.

How do I know you will come again ?" "Certainly, if you desire it," said Henry Bowen.
"What strange fortune," he thought, "can have brought them together?
Surely there can be no relation between this sweet child and that ugly old woman!" The next day he returned and completed his sketch, which was at once placed in the hands of the publisher, eliciting his warm approval..