"[...]had caught his passing glance. "What's all that woolly mess?" said he. "Picture-cleaning, of course," said the lady. "Mr. Malthus knows what he's about-at least, I suppose so.... Oh, here he is!" Now, this young lady ought to have made herself mistress of the Artist's real name before visiting his Studio. Not having done so, his sudden appearance-he had taken the bit in his teeth and rushed in as though at most very few people ever came-was a little embarrassing to her, especially as he said correctively, "Aiken." ...
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"[...]had caught his passing glance. "What's all that woolly mess?" said he. "Picture-cleaning, of course," said the lady. "Mr. Malthus knows what he's about-at least, I suppose so.... Oh, here he is!" Now, this young lady ought to have made herself mistress of the Artist's real name before visiting his Studio. Not having done so, his sudden appearance-he had taken the bit in his teeth and rushed in as though at most very few people ever came-was a little embarrassing to her, especially as he said correctively, "Aiken." Thereon the young lady said she meant Aiken, which may have been true, or not. However, she got the conversation on a sound footing by a little bit of truthfulness. "I was just saying to Captain Calverley that the 'woolly mess, ' as he is pleased to call it, [...]."
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