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

habits, Of unlavorab'e surrou1diuEa low
was ever 20 le. lroc aud O. te-r..c that
Judgment Of Mr. Kcndais' Nt fcft si'ocs
stood ia my WAY How was "5ile Brother
ton % put herself o. SCHOOL,
"sRut now said 60 heg warmly, you
have got free. or, rather, you are on the way
To freedom
"She thought a little without speaking
her chin resting ON her band. hcr elbow on
her knoo W. wero passing tie Graat iea
brown mass Of the Armenian convent She
seemed % he drinking ia Tire dazzling hlr-
monies Of b.uc and warm brown and peafly
LIGHT. When shedld spcli again j. was very
SLOWLY. as though she Ncfo trying 20 give
words 70 a number is. conp.cx impressions.
eyes she said. 20 seems % ms tla, 1 an
different, but I can't ten exactly how cr
why. see all sorts OF nos posND.A-e, r'w
meanings everywhere; tha- Is ono ha|i ol it.
But tie other aud thc greater. BALI i-l'T
to make a.! these uow feeling, and any Dr."
knowledge which may come o. inc te.l ou my
art And then she changed altogether Nlth
one Of those delightful swif5 tran.f 'rmatoas
Of hers. end her face rpD.cI w4-l laughter
at present Size chief result Cf Gee difference,
wbateyer ~ may bc secms - he % make 'ie
most uumanaceab.s at bone. am forever
dlsaerceinc with 10y people, sayns ! cln't
DO This ana won't lo tlet. 7 an rr..1. t9
enjoy having my own way iu the m1- au.m-
Unable manner And then slo caught my
hand, that was holding hor, betwe.l b9.h
her own, end said bali laughing and bait 30
earnest:
IBID Won over realize that don't know
any single language besides my orn-not
even French, That can't read any French
book or any French playf
"'Wou'l said, haf laughing. too 90 is
very astonishing Anlyou Gnow - cal't so
On II you arc TO do what / think you ".l 90.
French You positively must learn, aal learn
quickly. don't mean 20 say that ehayen't
good plays and q tradition o. our own; bnt
FOR the moment France is the center Of your
art and You cannot iomaiu 40 stance
from it, The French haye organized thc.r
knowledge; it is available for all who come.
Ours is still floating aud amateurish --
"Aud So o.. you may imagine Or, my
dear Eustace spare you any moro Of BE- vcr-
batim. After had talked away for "a long
time. and brought ita.l back 90 The absolute
necessity that She snouli know French and
become acquainted With Frcucl acung and
French dramatic ideals, she pullal mo up in
the full career OF cioQuencs hy demanding
with q little practical ar, twinkle iufAns
somewhere ia her eyes
Explain to me, please, how 10 IS 10 pe
donor
"Oh,' I said, nothing is easier DO you
know anything 40 oil.
Very little once had terms lessons
at Kingston.
"'Very well, then, Ucuter, euj yins this
little comedy OF q neglected educl.0c, get %
French maid. a French master and novels
will provide yOu with "Consuelo' alia trans
lation tomorrow
"'As for the French maid, she answered,
obviously, shaking her head, i don't Know.
/ expect my old black woman t1ar brought
with me from Jamaica would d. ir,a- hel-
perhaps murder her Blt t.s master can he
managed and tho novel VII mono VI You
laugh at me ii You SEQ ms trlIlas French
grammar aDouu
"And so sa3 has actually begun today
She makes prc'eu,a OF keeping der novel
and little dictionary aul GRAMMAR
in a bag and L.ie~ them wien ANS
one appears But Paul las already
begun to tease lcr about hDr nnw AID
mysterious occupation. ana iogceo tlat be-
Will presently spend the greater part 81 lbs
mornings in teaching lor. IHcgcr saw any
body al ract HIM So much. size is absolutely
dncrcu. from anything Le mas s,.a before.
aud. as ne says tuell.x.1rc 81 i-l9sauce ana
genius ir bcr-ycs. genius, don't uc startled,
.--ls most stimulatus ID tae iua-Iaauoa.'
"Au.e,t2}
During che last fcu dagsI laeclo, ucsA
seeing So iauch Of Mis- Brtaerton g. before
She has been deyotng herself o. hcr family
and Paul and / have been dong ccr pictures
We cannot persuade Der Go take aaF ,ery
large dose Of galiercs, lt seems tonne f.i
her Thoughts are set ON ono .ubicot-0n Of..
subject ouly--ani while She is in this first
stage Of intensity 10 is not likely that any
thing else viii have a chance.
1T is amusing 70 study the dissatisfaction
OF the uncle and aunt with the turn things
have taken since they left London. Alr.
Worrall has been evidently accustomed %
direct his niece's llo from top TO b0ttom-to
choose her plays Tor her, hell~t by Mr.. Rob
inson: 20 advise her as % her felow-actors
and her behavior in society. and al, of
course, with n shrewdcyo 70 tn family profit
and as little regard as need be q any iautas-
seal conception OF art
"Now. however, Isabel has asserted her eli
in several unexpected ways She has refused
altogether go open her autumn season with
the play which had been nearly decided ON
before they left London IA flimsy spectacular
performance quite unworthy of her As
soon as possible she viii make important
changes in the troupe Who are To- DE with Der,
and at the beginning of September sheis com
ing 20 stay three weeks with us in Paris. and, ln
all probability Though the world Is 10 know
nothing Of iD, Perrault ~ the Conservatory,
who is a great friend Of ours, Will give her
good deal of positive tes'hins This last ar
rangement IS particularly oxasperating TO
sir Worrall he regards 10 as sure ~ BE-
known It ridiculous confession Of weakness
on lsabels part, and So on However m
spite OF bis wrath and the aunts sullen or
fearful dsapprovai, she has stood firm ana
matters are SO arranged"
Saturday night August -
This evening wo persuaded her at last TO
give us some scenes Of Juliet. How wish
you could have been here, it was one Of
those experiences which remain with one as
sort Of perpetual witness 10 the poetry which
hfe holds n il, and may yield up 80 one al
any moment. IL was IN our little garden
the moon was high above the houses oppo-
site, and the narrow canal running past our
side railing into the Grand canal was a shin
ing streak OF silver The mir was balmy and
absolutely still, mo- more perfect setting %
Shakespeare OF to Juliet could have been
imagined. PAM sat at iiitlo table ia front
Of the rest OF u.s. he was 10 read Romeo and
the Nurse in tho scenes she had chosen, while
in the background were the Worralls ald
Lucy Bretherton )tho little crippled siste1,
Mr.. Wallace and myself. She did the bal
eony scene, the morning scene with Romeo
the scene with the Nurse after Tybal5s death
and the scene of the phiiter There is an old
sundial in the garden, which caught the
moonbeams she leaned Der arms upon il
her eyes fixed upon the throbDiug, moonit
sky, her white brocadcd dress clistening here
and there IN tho pale light--a vision Of PER-
feet beauty. And when she began her sigh
ing appeal
o, Romeo. Romeo wherefore arr th0u n0meos--