She knew just how incompetent Sellers was, and it irritated her beyond endurance to see Beverley's good-humoured acceptance of his patronage.
'At any rate,' said Beverley, with a grin, 'you both seem to recognize that it is a cat.
For the first time Beverley seemed somewhat confused.
Beverley looked at the great man with admiration, and saw that he had flushed uncomfortably.
Beverley could almost hear the voice of the referee uttering the count.
Beverley picked up a duster and began slowly to sweep the floor with it.
'The fragments of the wretched man,' whispered Beverley. 'They must be swept up and decently interred.
'No, this is,' said Beverley, pointing to the canvas.
Beverley lit a pipe and stood at the window looking thoughtfully down into the street.
His visits to the newcomer's studio began again, and Beverley's picture, now nearing completion, came in for criticism enough to have filled a volume.
'To me,' said Beverley, when informed of the event by Annette, 'the matter has a deeper significance.
Beverley himself was progressing slowly in the field of Art.