At first she was shy and embarrassed, doubtful, as I
perceived, whether or not she ought to talk about Winnie. She waited
to see whether I introduced the subject, and finding that I did not,
she began to talk about Sinfi and plied me with questions as to what
we two had been doing and where we had been during our wanderings
through Wales.
When tea was over and Cyril was in lively talk with Sinfi, Wilderspin
grew restless, and I perceived that he wanted to resume his
conversation with me about his picture. I said to him: 'This idea o
f my father's which has inspired you, and resulted in such great
work, what is its nature?'
'I am a painter, Mr. Aylwin, and nothing more,' he replied. 'I could
only express Philip Aylwin's ideas by describing my picture and the
predella beneath it. Will you permit me to do so?'
'May I ask you,' I said, 'as a favour to do so?'
Immediately his face became very bright, and into his eyes returned
the far-off look already described.
'I will first take the predella, which represents Isis behind the
Veil,' said he.
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