The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-21
CHAPTER II
At the Gray House.
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((H EAR PEOPLE: You will all want to
about Sir Hilary and Lady NARROW and their
beautiful house-in this my first letter home
and I will begin by describing the house. 1t
stands in its courtyard facing the river, is
perfect treasurestore of and lovely things The
furniture has all come from dead and gone kings
palaces, and is OF fabulous value, but, oh, dear
it's impossible write coherent letterOr to try and
describe things in detail-my brain reels it is
Patience laid down her pen and knit her brows.
She writing a letter home-a letter in which
she wanted to give full description of the gores of
the great mansion In Chelseathe house that like
palace-and which she had entered for the first time
yesterday afternoon. she found it frghtfuly diff
cult to put into words her impressions of the Gray
House"-for such was the name of the lofty mansion
which Sir Hilary NARROW had recently purchased
Chelsea and filled with the treasures that ne and
his wife had been collecting for years
Il must try to tel you what my host hostess
are like Patience wrote taking up the thread of her
Isl'ef assam eii' ~ Uvsln "atn, cannot say 1
very Iayorably impressed by SIT Hilary. 1nere is
something ABOUT his face which 1 quite Iike-a
hint Of cruelty about the mouth-though it seems
ungrstefuI write like the great portrait
painter who mas shown an unknown girl kind
ness. His are peeuiar-they very dark and
at times they seem to pierce through through
whsn he stares-though sometimes a nlmy look comes
them. and they appear to be yelled. is about
the medium height and must be very strong-o judge
air the most determined chin ever saws and a9 %
the h What u has at S SnGsrehdng
BECOME sgen great portrait painter should imagine
the character of his sitters-a knowledge that he
,.EsI .RS Sssi s:TS a nj
auocratie and expects every one TO bow down nina
land feel rather sorry at times his wife. Lady
MARROW Is simply the echo of her husband however
She does not seem TO have any thoughts OF her own
and this is surprising. for she is very beautiful
woman, but certainly not clever, and spiritless in
much In awe OF Sir Hilary Her devotion to him Is
almost painful to watch-she has for
ears for no else She hangs his lghtest word
flies to anticipate all his wishes and It is easy to
that the slavsh adulation that she gives him
bores Sir Hilary extremely-that it wearies him to
death.
said before, tall and finely formed ewes are
blue and her hair soft and golden just here and
there with gray. All her movements excessively
brocsdes and furs-like lady of past years
For my own part I must confess am never tired O
gazing at her.
she exceedingly kind me- and tells me that
her husband believes that IL like apply myself
to my painting and work really hard of q
Patience had got thus far her Ietter-which she
had slipped up into her bedroom write-when she
startled by a sudden tap at her door. hen
MARROW entered-Lady NARROW, whom Patience Ieft
entertaining friends in the drawing room, but
had deserted the smart crowd OF lords and ladies
had been unehng at the Gray House to seek out her
She dressed In curious robe of green velvet
embroidered round the HEM, and at the neck Of the
gown with very rich old silver thread embroid
cry. silver dagger ornamented with dun
amethysts thrust through the shining coils of her
fair hair. and her pale fingers were bare OF rings.
moist violes though remind herself that
the spring coming-that April was bursting into
bud
my husband has asked me tell you that he
would like to see in his studio later on, Miss
Amherst Lady NARROW said in her soft slow voice
voice THAT had curious foreign intonation. "ae
has very important suggestion to make TO you my
dear beeve-and ! want you to understand that
my wishes in the matter are as his-and believe me