That''s what living in the country does to you.
When Gentleman came, the show gave a kind of jog. There was a growling of the levers, people quivering for a second upon their sticks, the carving of one or two new grooves; and then it all went on, smooth as before, but with the scenes in a different order. Maud did not go to her uncle, now, to read to him while he took notes. She kept to her rooms. We sat and sewed, or played at cards, or went walking to the river or to the yew trees and the graves.
As for Gentleman: he rose at seven, and took his breakfast in his bed. He was served by Charles. At eight o''clock he began his work on Mr Lilly''s pictures. Mr Lilly directed him. He was as mad over his picture