'
'I thought you told me that this gentleman would remunerate you
handsomely?'
'Handsomely!' the artist scornfully repeated; 'it is better than I am
usually paid, but not a fiftieth part of what I ought to receive. See
how some men, not possessed of half my talent, succeed! but they have
the patronage of the great to aid them.'
'And perhaps brighter days may yet dawn on you, dear father!' pleaded
the daughter.
'Never!' and Beaufort rose in haste to attire himself for departure.
'Papa,' cried Amy, gently catching his arm, 'will you just stay for a
few minutes; I have something to say to you;' and a deep flush of
crimson suffused her cheek as she spoke. Beaufort turned
hesitatingly. 'It is my birthday,' she pursued--' I am this day
nineteen.'
'That is no subject for rejoicing, girl,' he doggedly observed.
'I have been looking forward to this period with intense anxiety,
meaning then to make you acquainted with a subject which has long
engrossed my thoughts,' she timidly said.
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