The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-10
WALLACE TO EryDAL.

many kind things about You I'll ta- c7pc
ciai pains to tell YOU some OF them next tune
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WALLACE TO KEyDAL
VENICE Aug. g.
"siY DEAR KENDAL-IbIs has been day
OF events which. j believe. win interest yon
as much as they did nle. ;1id Am'. dc
Chateauvicux that / should write 10 sou to-
night, and ny letter, sbe says, must do ~
place Of ono from her for day or two. We
have been 20 Torcel.o today-your sister, u.
de Chaieauyeux. Miss Brethori0n, and |.
! The expedition itself was delightful, but that
/ have mo- time % describe. ] only want 10
cen so. what happened uen We got % Tor
cello
But first YOU viii, Of course, know from
Your sisters loticr-sue tells me she writes to
YOU twic, weck--how absorbed we have all
been in the artistic progress OF Miss Brother
ton. lmvsolf never saw such a change, s1"n
un extraordinary development ID any one.
How was DO that YOU and did not see t1r-
ther into herr ! see now, rs look back upon
her old SELF that the new self was there 900
germ. But think pernaps 81 may have been
tho vast d sproporti0n a Ger celebrity % her
performance that blinded us % the promise
10 hcr: it was irritation with the public that
made Us deliver an over hastv verdict Oh her
However that may be, have been max
ing up ms mind for some days past that the
embassy on behalf of Elvira which thrust
un0n You, aui which you so generously
undertook. WAS blundcr on my part which
% would De delightful 10 repair, and which
no artistic considerations Whatever need pre-
vent nae from repairing You cannot think
how divine She was in Juliet The other night
Imuerioct and harsh, Of course, hero and
there. but still creature % build many add
great hopes upon. If ever there was ono. Sine
+ IS shaking of trick after trick; Your brother
in-aw IS merciless 10 them whenever iacy
appear and she is forever working with a
/ view 10 bis approval, and also. ! thinks. from
I two or three Things she has said, Hih %
memory o. that distant standard of criticism
which she believes 70 be embodied iu youl
"M. DE ChtauyicGx BIAS devoted himself
; TO lor DO is 4 pretty sight to see them To-
/ -otacr Your sister aud size, to. are m-
se0qubic. and Nine dc ChateaufieuX, quiet,
! c1uable refinement makes good contrast to
/ Miss Eretuertous mobility Sls viii mover
/ lose The imprint of her friendship Uitu these
. lfU lNNIlNs % NfNAH % % III.f tt.Nr'."
[ led youto bring them together
"Well, wc went to Torcello. and ! watched
/ for an opportunity Of getting her alone
I At last Nine de Chateauvioux gave me
| one: she carried OFF her husband, Ruskiu
/ in hand. 20 study the mosaics, and Miss
/ Brethorton aud / were left sitting under
I tie outer wall Of san Fosca TN they
/ should come back. We had been talk
ing Il "a hundred things mot Of acting
mt an Of the pomegranates, OF which She bad
[ "a scarlet mass in her lap, Of the gray slnui-
berous warmth OF the day, or the ragged
/ children vino pcstered us for coppers-and
then. suddenly, ! asked her whether SIZE
would answer me personal question: Was
/ there any grudge in Aer mind toward ne for
! anything had said and done ia London or
! caused others to say and do for inc'
/ "She was much startled, aud c1lored a
/ good DEAL but she said very steadily. 4 feel
10 sort Of grudge; 7 never had any cause
/ well. then. went on, throwing myself
down on the grass before her that / might
B really SEQ her expression, If yon bear me no
( grudge. If you feel kindly towards me- Will
/ you help me to undo great mistake 81
+ minea
fHNF 4NRhr4 Nt AAN NAtFA pa ''H* 81. fttt.t
eyes which seemed 10 be trying % find out
+ from my face what / meant. VIII you |
said. hurryiug on, will you take from me
j "Elyra," and DO what you Ike with IT.
I And then, do YOU know hat happened. Her
+ lips Quiyered and 1 thought she was on the
! point W tears, but suddenly the nervousness
/ ~ each Of Us seemed ID strike the other, ana
/ we both laughed-sne long and helplessly, as
! ~ -he couid not help herself
I Presently she looked up with her great
/ eyes swimming u tears, and tried 10 impress
( ON me that was speaking hastily, that l bad
au IDEAL for that play snc could never prom
J ise % reach: that it was nay friendship Tor
/ ler that made me change my Iciud, that
there might be practical difficulties now that
so many arrangements had been made ana
soon Bat would not listen % her / had
i 10 nh ready. had an actor 90 propose o. Der
J for Macas. and even the costumes DID my
{ mind ready 10 sketch for her, II need were
] Forbos. suggested might and would direct
/ the setting of the piece; 40 one could do 90
+ with more perfect knowledge or moro ex-
I qgisite tasto. and for her, as we both knew,
+ lo would turn scsle painter, II necessary.
And So rambled on, soothing her shaken
feelings and my own until she had let me be-
guile her out OF her attitude Of reluctance
and shrinking into one at least Of common
interest.
but hy the time the others camo back
! hal not got "a direct CONSENT out of her and
+ ali The way homo she was very silent !, @.
/ co. rsc. cot auxi0iss, and BEGAN % think that
ny blunder bad lreu irreparaole: hu,, 90 amy
/ raua. | was determined not TO let the thing
{ lnslr on. So that when the ChateauvicuN
asa Il me % stay and sup with them ana her.
( suppaL AID afterwards in the garden boldly
brought A. out before them all and appealed
+ % your sister for help. knew that both she
and her husband were acquainted with what
( had Boa, -cled al Oxford, and supposed that
( II Is BlVthcrton would know that they were,
50 that It was AWKWARD enough. Only that
/ women, when they please, have such tact,
/ such 8n art of smoothing over and gn0rlug
Ito rough places OF LIE. that one often with
! them gets through a difficult tliuy without
realizing how difficult it Is. W. dc Chateau
vicux smoked long time and said nothing,
/ then be asked me great many questions
about the play. and finally gave DO opinion.
/ w,.s almost n despair~she said 50 little
nui, Just as was gong away with 'Elvra's
/ tate still quite unsettled. she said TO me with
/ "a smile and warm pressure of the hand:
/ Tomorrow como and SEQ me aud Will tell
/ you yes or nor
And today / have been 10 see her, and
/ she night has brought good luck! For
/ .Elvlr4. my dear Kendall, viii be produced
+ % or aOout ths eOtb OF November, ia tbs
+ ycar Of grace, and Isabel Bretherton Will
+ play Tie heroine. and your friend is already
plunged in business. aud aslow with hope
and expectation. How w.sh-how sc all
wish that You were herci | feel more and
moro penltent towards you. j was you who
/ gave the impulse of WHICH the results are
rpeuug, and you ought 10 he here with US
row playing ia the body that friend S part
when wc Oh Yield You SO readily ia spirit
Tell 1lr. Kendall, were almost her last words
70 me, that cannot say how much owe to
his ullu rco and his friendship. he first
opened my eyes 10 50 many things. He was
81 kind TO mo even when he thought least Of
ne. hope / shall win a word OF praise from
him yetg Tnerel Trust that will rouse q