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"Oakleaves, soaked in warm water and put under the bed, are recommended by some," said Mrs. de Claux. "A glass of Benedictine, with a drop of eau-de-Cologne " said Sir Lulworth. "I have tried every known remedy," said Lola, with dignity; "I've been a martyr to insomnia for years." "But now we are being martyrs to it," said Odo sulkily; "I particularly want to land a big coup over this race."
"It's all very well to blame us," said Bertie to his hostess; "you haven't produced anything in the way of an inspiration." "My inspiration consisted in asking you down for Derby week," retorted Mrs. de Claux; "I thought you and Odo between you might throw some light on the question of the moment."
"Of course, at the moment of dreaming I thought I was witnessing a real race, not the portent of one," said Lola; "otherwise I should have particularly noticed all helpful details." "The Derby isn't run till to-morrow," said Mrs. de Claux; "do you think you are likely to have the same dream again to-night? If so; you can fix your attention on the important detail of the animal's appearance."
"I don't have insomnia for my own amusement," snapped Lola. "Let us hope for the best," said Mrs. de Claux soothingly; "to-night may prove an exception to the fifth-night rule." But when breakfast time came round again Lola reported a blank night as far as visions were concerned. "I don't suppose I had as much as ten minutes' sleep, and, certainly, no dreams."
At the same time it is equally evident that Rude's own temperament took its color from the transitional epoch in which he lived, and of which he was par excellence the sculptor. He was the true inheritor of his Burgundian traditions. His strongest side was that which allies him with his artistic ancestor, Claux Sluters.
"Well, I saw the finish of the race as clearly as anything; and one horse won easily, almost in a canter, and everybody cried out 'Bread and Butter wins! Good old Bread and Butter. I heard the name distinctly, and I've had the same dream two nights running." "Bread and Butter," said Mrs. de Claux, "now, whatever horse can that point to? Why of course; Nursery Tea!"
There is the same extraordinary concreteness in one of Matsys's apostles and one of Sluters's prophets. Michel Colombe, the pupil of Claux and Anthoniet and the sculptor of the monument of François II., Duke of Brittany, at Nantes, the relief of "St.
But the modern phases of French sculpture have a closer relationship with the Chartres Cathedral than modern French painting has with its earliest practice; and Claux Sluters, the Burgundian Fleming who modelled the wonderful Moses Well and the tombs of Jean Sans Peur and Phillippe le Hardi at Dijon, among his other anachronistic masterpieces, exerted considerably greater influence upon his successors than the Touraine school of painting and the Clouets did upon theirs.
"So provoking to have to split out bets," said Mrs. de Claux, as her guests gathered in the hall later in the day, waiting for the result of the race. "I did my best for you," said Lola, feeling that she was not getting her due share of gratitude; "I told you what I had seen in my dreams, a brown horse, called Bread and Butter, winning easily from all the rest."
'I will go with thee to the ends of the earth. So when, soon after, Leonardo received an invitation from the new King of France, he took the boy with him, and together they made their home in the little chateau of Claux near the town of Amboise. The master's hair was silvered now, and his long beard was as white as snow.
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