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THE POKTKAIT. 255
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he wished Cleveland would to ' not g s ive Properzia allude Her a to surprise bore the to circumstance , me the ; won and derful on at my all resemblance part as I I should beg' tliat ged dislike _tliat Mr .
, exceeding " Very l ri y g to ht , be my sp dear oken be , " of said in conj Mr . unction Mart curious yn wi , smiling th the le p coming ; icture _" were . to I to look do
at so , the you . house " Then woul , d after besieged a pause , by as if he had peop been turning the matter over in his mindhe added— " But how can I prevent it
b . eing " Say known that when it is the a strange likeness , coincidence is so peculiarl / 7 y I striking answered ?" with an
dream attemp ! t at Coincidence a laugh ; is " or best say however the artist that may convenient have seen word me in will a , ; end all idle suppositions . " Mr . Martyn laughed , and the subject
was dropped . Mart Mr . Waddington at the foot of was the table among and the I was guests seated . He as usual sat next by Mr the .
side yn of , Mrs . Martyn , to assist , lier , her right hand being weak in consequence of a sprained wrist seated . at I observed the foot of that the the table promoter stared and at
justif encourager me in a I manner felt of the the fine blood beyond arts mount that to which face the law for I of at eti once quette concluded could
y . my , blushed he was thinking until aft of er the having portrait whi . spered The a more few words lie stared to his the nei more ghbor I ,
bent in and my bein towards direction , g answered me . a Before , smiling seeming doing , l si y gnificant to so his , however satisfaction glance , I , as , imag he much ceased ined as that to to look say he , tl
I know all about itbut will keep the secret . " exactl Cleveland My y dress that like in imist which a true have , Properzia artist aided havin his was recognition a draped mortal , yet , aversion for it resembled althoug to modern h not it . g
fashions Roman mine chanced maidens , had , g to iven — be a transparent Properzia white flowing , a ornamented whit classic dress e muslin robe , ed with ged , , over such with ribbon a as delicate was purp of worn le the violet ; like and by
d colored elicate siBk shade , simp . The ly m colorin ade , and g was therefore of the same hue , only % degree lighter . from . this embarrassmentwhen visitor
also I had an scarcel art-love y r recovered —the party chiefly consisting of , friends a of Mr , . Martyn " And — - so said you , " would I half " hoped answered to have Mr . met Martyn Clevel , " and had here not an to- unfore day . " -
seen circumstance occurred , to prevent him . Perhaps he may come ater " Have in the evening seen . " his picture yet ? " was asked by the same
you speaker " " N No ot , , " yet a rep young lied I hear our scul it hostess ptor is the of ; rising portrait " have * eminence you of a seen French . it ?" girl who turned
; lis " head Very while likely he , as was artists in Paris , like last poets year , cannot . " exist without a love
_Lffair , " said Mrs . Martyn .
The Poktkait. 255
THE POKTKAIT . 255
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1861, page 255, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061861/page/39/
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