Daniel Ridgway Knight paintings

Daniel Ridgway Knight paintings
Edmund Blair Leighton paintings
Eugene de Blaas paintings
Eduard Manet paintings
plate, she struck him as pale and languid; but her eyes shone, and she talked with exaggerated animation.
The subject which had called forth Mr. Sillerton Jackson's favourite allusion had been brought up (Archer fancied not without intention) by their hostess. The Beaufort failure, or rather the Beaufort attitude since the failure, was still a fruitful theme for the drawing-room moralist; and after it had been thoroughly examined and condemned Mrs. van der Luyden had turned her scrupulous eyes on May Archer.
``Is it possible, dear, that what I hear is true? I was told your grandmother Mingott's carriage was seen standing at Mrs. Beaufort's door.'' It was noticeable that she no longer called the offending lady by her Christian name.
May's colour rose, and Mrs. Archer put in hastily: ``If it was, I'm convinced it was there without Mrs. Mingott's knowledge.''
``Ah, you think -- ?'' Mrs. van der Luyden paused, sighed, and glanced at her husband.
``I'm afraid,'' Mr. van der Luyden said, ``that Madame Olenska's kind heart may have led her into the imprudence of calling on Mrs. Beaufort.''
``Or her taste for peculiar people,'' put in Mrs. Archer in a dry tone, while her eyes dwelt innocently on her son's.