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Chapter XXI

           Providedwithacaseofpencils,andsomesheetsofpaper,Iusedtotakeaseatapartfromthem,nearthewindow,andbusymyselfinsketchingfancyvignettes,representinganyscenethathappenedmomentarilytoshapeitselfintheever-shiftingkaleidoscopeofimagination:aglimpseofseabetweentworocks; therisingmoon,andashipcrossingitsdisk;agroupofreedsandwater-flags,andanaiad’shead,crownedwithlotus-flowers,risingoutofthem;anelfsittinginahedge-sparrow’snest,underawreathofhawthorn-bloom. 

           OnemorningIfelltosketchingaface:whatsortofafaceitwastobe,Ididnotcareorknow. Itookasoftblackpencil,gaveitabroadpoint,andworkedaway. SoonIhadtracedonthepaperabroadandprominentforeheadandasquareloweroutlineofvisage:thatcontourgavemepleasure;myfingersproceededactivelytofillitwithfeatures. Strongly-markedhorizontaleyebrowsmustbetracedunderthatbrow;thenfollowed,naturally,awell-definednose,withastraightridgeandfullnostrils; thenaflexible-lookingmouth,bynomeansnarrow;thenafirmchin,withadecidedcleftdownthemiddleofit:ofcourse,someblackwhiskerswerewanted,andsomejettyhair,tuftedonthetemples,andwavedabovetheforehead. Nowfortheeyes:Ihadleftthemtothelast,becausetheyrequiredthemostcarefulworking. Idrewthemlarge;Ishapedthemwell:theeyelashesItracedlongandsombre;theiridslustrousandlarge. 

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