'
'Haw, haw!' laughed Sleaford to himself, 'that's good about Cyril
Aylwin though--that's dooced good.'
'We shall see Wilderspin's great picture, "Faith and Love," at the
same time,' I said, as we approached Chelsea; 'for Wilderspin tells
me that he has borrowed it from the owner to make a replica of it.'
'That is very fortunate,' said my mother. 'I have the greatest desire
to see this picture and its wonderful predella. Wilderspin is one of
the few painters who revert to the predella of the old masters. He is
said to combine the colour of him whom he calls "his master" with the
draughtsmanship and intellect of Shields, whose stained-glass windows
the owner was showing me the other day at Eaton Hall; and do you
know, Henry, that the painter of this wonderful "Faith and Love" is
never tired of declaring that the subject was inspired by your dear
father?'
When we reached the studio the servant said that Mr. Wilderspin was
much indisposed that afternoon, and was also just getting ready to go
to Paris, where he was to join Mr. Cyril in his studio; 'but perhaps
he would see us,'--an announcement that brought a severe look to my
mother's face, and another half-suppressed 'Haw, haw!' from
Sleaford's deep chest.
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