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Not a serious word had reached his ears from the wanton lips of the Lesbian, while Althea at once desired inforhly familiar with the works and the aspirations of the Alexandrian sculptors Although aware that Herun his career as an artist, and was the leader of a new tendency, she pretended to belong to the old school, and thereby irritated him to contradiction and the explanation of his efforts, which were rooted in the de capital

The Thracian listened to the description of the new art struggling to present truth, as if these things elcorand revelations, for which she had waited with eager longing True, she opposed every statement hostile to the old beliefs; but her extremely expressive features soon betrayed to hi her opinions, and winning her to his side

Already, for the sake of the good cause, he devoted hi Althea; she, however, did not ainst his assertions

Whenever he or she, by way of example, mentioned any well-knoork of art, she imitated, as if involuntarily, its pose and action with surprising fidelity, frequently also in admirable caricature, whose effect was extremely comical What a woman!

She was familiar hatever Grecian art had created, and the anira coled for a while in the discussion and attracted Althea's notice, Hermon felt injured, and answered his sensible remarks with such rudeness that the elder rily turned his back upon hiree of restraint upon herself while talking to the gra the further conversation with Hermon she confessed that she was decidedly of his opinion, and added to the old reasons for the deposition of beauty and ideality in favour of truth and reality new ones which surprised the sculptor When she at last offered him her hand for a firreat honour when she asked eagerly ould occupy him in the immediate future

Passionate sympathy echoed in every word, was expressed in every feature, and she listened as if a great happiness was in store for herself when he disclosed the hopes which he based upon the statue of Arachne

True, as time passed he had spoken ht really tried to depart; but he had fallen under Althea's thrall, and, in reply to her inquiry what nificant words, what drew him away, and that his delay threatened him with the loss of a model such as the favour of fate rarely bestowed upon an artist