15/24 But a portrait over the chimney-piece, painted by the fashionable artist of the day, acts upon him like a charm. He stares at it with uncommon interest; he seems to be fixed and fascinated by it. "Who's that ?" "The picture over the fire-place," says Rosa, "is the portrait of the present Lady Dedlock. It is considered a perfect likeness, and the best work of the master." "Blest," says Mr.Guppy, staring in a kind of dismay at his friend, "if I can ever have seen her. |