“He wants to enslave you.''I shudder at the thought of being free.”

“I want to be good. I can't bear the idea of my soul being hideous.”

“How extraordinary! I thought you would never care for anything but your art.”“He is all my art to me now.”

“The bright dawn flooded the room, and swept the fantastic shadows into dusky corners, where they lay shuddering.”

“It would kill the past, and when that was dead, he would be free.”

“My dear fellow why have you any reason? What odd chaps you painters are. You do anything in the world to gain a reputation. As soon as you have one you seem to want to throw it away. It is silly of you for there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”

“He atones for being occasionally somewhat overdressed by being always absolutely over-educated. He is a very modern type.”