A disintegration of the brain-tissues had begun--an affection to which specialists hesitated to give a precise name, but which they recognized as incurable.
It appears to have been a remarkable piece of work as well as an excellent likeness, for the subject of it was eager to know whether or not MacDowell had studied drawing, and, if not, how he acquired his proficiency.
He was as emotional and romantic as Chopin, Wagner or Tchaikovsky; his emotion was expressed in the language of his time.
Then gathering up her scattered wits, she finished her recitation with all the vim she could muster, and waited.
The whole picture lay as vividly before her as if she had been Dame Barbara herself, and she entered into the spirit of the production with such vim that her actual surroundings were forgotten.
