The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-27
CHAPTER V.

tween tins iMU ~ lfNl4AlRiA7 Va AAN taAtA.-'-
Learuo' Kendall saw Mss Bretherton two OF
three times under varying circumstances
One nirht he took 10 into bis head TO 90 to
the p.t ~ the Callopo, and camo away more
persraioi than before that as an actress there
was small prospect for her. Had she beer
an ordinary mortal. BE- thought, the origina
stuff in her might have been disciplined int
something really valuable by the common
rivc and take. tho normal rubs and dii.icul
tiee u her profession But as 10 was she had
b-rn lifted o.. onco by the force OF onf
natural endowment into a position which
from the Artistic point Of view, seemed c
him hopeless Her instantaneous success -
,i.pen -ent as IL was on considerations who'll.
outside those Of dramatic art-had deniet
her an tie advantages which ere % be wor
from s.ru- sIo and from iabor.ous and grad
mi conquest. Aud more than this, u ha
deprived hcr of an ideal, 10 lad tended e.
make her take her own performance as tn'
measure % the good and possible For
naturally. 10 was too much 10 expect that She
herself should ana.yzs truly the sources ant
reasons ~ her popularity. She must inevita
hlv believe that some, 40 least, OF u was quo
to her dramatic talent i'm itself 1T Is very
possible that / am not quite fair to her. Sh.
has aH the faults which repel me most
could get over anything but this impression
of bare blank ignorance which she make.
upon me- and rs things are at present, 1t b.
,mDos.Ible that sine should learn. IL nigh.
he interesting % have the teaching o.
lcrf But itc0uld only be done by some onl
with whom She came naturally into frequent
IffmenIF
uuon her. And sho seems to know very few
people who could be of any use 20 her"
On auother occasion he came across her H.
tho afternoon 40 Mrs S,uart's The CONVEX
sston turned upon his sister, Nine de Cha
t.,nvienv. Tor whom Mrs Stuart had
warm buc very respectful admiration They
had met two or three times ia London, anl
fmo De Cnatcauvioux5 personal distinction
ler refinement. her information her swee'
urbanlty of manner, had made great i'm
preston uu0n tho lively little woman, who
from the lower level o.. her own more com
n1up.aco and conventional Success ia society
f.ltan awe struck sympathy for anything s,
rare. SD unlike the ordinary type. Her int
macy WITH Mss Dre.hertou had not gone IA
before tA1 sgbicc. " Mr. Keudals Interest
mess.orr bal beoa introduced, and ca th
rerfica.ar afternoon, Us kondal catered he
drawing r01m. his ear WIS caught at once %.
the sound of ,lar.e's name. Miss Brethcr,ci
drer MIN mpuhiveiy into to conversation
and De found himself describing bis sister
mode Of lie, her Interests, her world, her be
l1nrucs. with % readiness such as he was MOI
very ant o. show in tho public discussion o.
aus subject connected with himself Bu
Isabel Bre,herto's frank curiosity, uer kind
linz eyes and sweet parted lips, and tina
strain ot romance in hcr which made he
Sd quickly responsive to anything whic.
touched hor imagination, were not easy {,
resist Sas was delightful to Ills ESQ aul
sense and le wls @. conscious ms no had eve
l.an % h.r delicate personal charm Bc
sides. Do was pleasant 20 BIN 80 talk 81 Tina
Partisan World in which Dee was h.msel
vitality Interested. to any one 80 na.y0 am
iresl Her Ignorance. which on ine stag
had auu0grl Lm. in private life bad its par
tcll4r a--r4ctiveuess. And, with regard q
Obs special subject a. was conscious o
breaking down % pfjudice, bee felt tho
pleasure ot ccuquerius great reluctance IL
lar Evidently ou starting ln London slO
had set her..t against everything t-at she
laentlGed vlll She great FrsAch gcuess wh,
lal absorbed the theatre going public dur.ul
tLe previous season., not from personal loai
...r Us F.rfrf fnr1uo u'ffmHf..'~ r-f
riucel. but from sense of Keen moral re-
volt against Mme )esioret notorious posi-
iln ana tne storie, of her private life Vi ich
Ecre current in ull circles She had decided
% DER own mad Chat French arr meant @
llntel arf. ANA she had shown herself very
estlye- Kendall had seen something VI DC ON
he.r Surrey CxpcditIOn-uu auy attempts
I'D make her SHARE the interest which certain
-eet.ons OF che English cultivated public feel
10 foreign thought, and especially in the
.oreig theatre Kendall took particular
1ains, when they g.ded OF from the topic Of
t.s sister Co more g-u1al matters, 70
make bier realize some of The finer aspects
ID the French world, Of which she knew
10 ntlo and which sho judged so harsnly,
boz nb0ri0us technical training 20 which the
lnelers 0n the other side of the channel sub.
nit tne1 sslyes So much more readily tnaH
he English in any matter Of art; the intel
'ectual cOnsc.euti0usuess and REFINEMENT due
% che pressure OF an organized and coptinu
Ius tradition. and so on. He realized shat
go0d dea. 0t what ne said or suggested must
naturally b. loot upon her. But 10 was dc
i.htful 90 feel her mind yielding % his,
sAi.e it stimulated her sympathy and per
lars reused her surprise ~ find in him, every
low ana then. a grave and unpretending re-
.ponss So those moral enthusiasms IN herself
which We're too real and deep Tor much di-
-set expression.
"Wheneyer am next In Paris, she said
90 him, when she pertorce rose 20 go with
.la- pretty hesitation Of manner which was
80 attractive IN her, "w0uld you mind
would Nine de ChateauvIeux-it asked you
10 Introduce me 10 your sisteri IL would be d
-reat pleasure 10 me-
Kendall made very cordial reply and
hey parted knowing more OK each other
-han they had set done. Not that his lead
ug impression Of her was 10 any way modi-
iei incompetent and unpromisng as an
artist. delightful as a woman, had been bis
earliest verdict upon her aud bis conviction
" rs Resemblance had been only deepened
5y subsequent experience but perhaps The
ense OF delighttuness was gaining upon the
sense of inaompetelcel After all. beauty and
charm and sex have in all ages been too
much for the clever people who try % reckon
without them Kendal was far too shrewd
not 20 recognize the very natural and reason
lbie character of the proceeding and not 20
mile no the first sign OF 10 In bis own person.
Still. be meant % try, II BIO could, 10 keep
.ho TWO estimates distinct, and neither to
confuse himself nor other people by con
.0uudnr them. It seemed 20 him an incl
.ectual point OF honor 20 keep bis head per
lectly cool on the subject Of Hiss Brother
cons artistic claims but ho was conscious
-lar 10 was not always very easy % do-a
Consciousness that made him sometimes all
che more recaic.trant under the pressure OF
Der celebrity.
For it seemed % him that in society he
heard 81 nothing but her-her beauty, her
ascuatl0u and Ter success At every dinner
nLshe heard stories OF Der, some Of them
evident Inventions, but all tending ia the
same direct.0n-that is % say, illustrating
either tire girls proud Independence and her
determination % be patronized by nobody
not even byroyaity itself, or her lavish kind
learteinoss ana generosity towards tho poor
md the interiors OF her own profession. She
vas for the moment the great interest OF
London. and people talked Of her popularity
and social prestige as = sign Of the times and
4 proof of The change position Of the thea
rre and 81 those belonging 20 &c. Keadal