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He was bending over Agnes in the regulation picture-lover attitude, and as the curtains were pulled together Tom did what any other young man on earth might have done he kissed the Maiden all Forlorn. Everybody behind the scenes saw it. "I never want to act with him again!" declared Agnes loudly and scornfully, as she scrubbed her offended cheek with her handkerchief.
And this reminded me of a little anecdote, told me many years before, by an English fellow-traveler, the story of a little informal interview, which amusingly revealed not only the Queen's quickness of perception, but directness of character. My informant was a young gentleman of very artistic tastes a passionate picture-lover.
From the point of view of the art critic of the Daily Telegraph nothing could be better; the various sites and prospects are explained and commented upon, and the heart of middle-class England beats in sympathetic response. But the real picture-lover sees nothing save two geometrically drawn figures placed in the canvas like diagrams in a book of Euclid.
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