The eyes that had watched the artist with such certain knowledge of life and with the boldness born of that knowledge were, in the picture, beautiful with the charm of innocent maidenhood.
The very coloring and the arrangement of the hair were changed subtly to express, not the skill of high-priced beauty-doctors and of fashionable hair-dressers, but the instinctive care of womanliness.

The costume that, when worn by the woman, expressed so fully her true character; in the picture, became the emblem of a pure and deeply religious spirit.
Mrs.Taine turned impulsively to the artist, and, placing her hand upon his arm, exclaimed in delight, "Oh, is it true?
Am I really so beautiful ?" The artist laughed.

"You like it ?" "Like it?
How could I help liking it?
It is lovely." "I am glad," he returned.

"I hoped it would please you." "And you"-- she asked, with eager eyes--"are you satisfied with it?
Does it seem good to you ?" "Oh, as for that," he answered, "I suppose one is never satisfied.

I know the work is good--in a way.