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'No, don't leave me, I said; 'wait till she comes to us. She's sure to come quite soon enough. Depend upon it she is eager to see how her coup de théâtre has prospered. 'I must really go to her, said Winifred; 'ever since we left Hurstcote I have fallen in with her wishes in everything. 'But why? 'Because I am sure from Mr.
'Two things, continued Winnie, 'prevented my leaving Hurstcote my promise to Mr. D'Arcy to sit to him for his picture of Zenelophon, and the prosaic fact that I had not money in my pocket to travel with; for it was part of the delicate method of Mr. D'Arcy to furnish me with everything money could buy, but to give me no money.
D'Arcy's explanation of her appearance at Hurstcote Manor was certainly clear enough, but somehow its very clearness aroused suspicion no, I will not say suspicion misgivings. If he had been able, while he seemed so frank and open, to keep away from me a secret I mean the secret of Sinfi Lovell's being concealed in the house what secrets might he not be concealing from me about my own mystery?
With regard to the green room in which Winifred took her first breakfast at 'Hurstcote' I am a little in confusion. It seems to me more like the green dining-room in Cheyne Walk, decorated with antique mirrors, which was painted by Dunn, showing Rossetti reading his poems aloud. This is the only portrait of Rossetti that really calls up the man before me. As Mr.
With regard to 'Hurstcote, I well knew 'the large bedroom with low-panelled walls and the vast antique bedstead made of black carved oak' upon which Winifred Wynne slept. This quaint and picturesque bedroom leads by two or three steps to the tapestried room 'covered with old faded tapestry so faded, indeed, that its general effect was that of a dull grey texture' depicting the story of Samson.
I had already arranged to go on the following day to Hurstcote Manor, where several unfinished pictures were waiting for me, and I decided to take the model with me. Before, however, I started for the country with her, I had the curiosity to call next morning upon the woman in Primrose Court, in order to discover what had been the effect of my stratagem.
But in Aylwin Rossetti lives as I knew him; it is impossible to imagine a more living picture of the man. I have stayed with Rossetti at 16 Cheyne Walk for weeks at a time, and at Bognor also, and at Kelmscott the 'Hurstcote' of Aylwin.
While speculating as to what would be best to do, it occurred to me that I would write to Mivart, asking him to run down to me at Hurstcote Manor and consult with me, because he had told me that he had given attention to cases of hysteria. I did this, and persuaded Sinfi to remain and to keep out of Miss Wynne's sight.
Even had it been possible for me to talk about myself without touching upon some dangerous incident or another, my impatience to get at the mystery of mysteries in connection with her and her rescue from Primrose Court was so great that I could only implore her to tell me what had occurred down to her leaving Hurstcote Manor, and also what had been the cause of her leaving.
Yis, brother, it's on Snowdon where you an' Winnie Wynne sees the last o' Sinfi Lovell. Distressed as I was at her words, that inflexible look on her face I understood only too well. 'But there is Mr. D'Arcy to consider, I said. 'Winnie tells me that it is the particular wish of Mr. D'Arcy that you and she should return to him at Hurstcote Manor.
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