Lightmark

And though Lightmark maintained his intention in the face of this criticism, the picture was never submitted to the hangers.

A Comedy of Masks A Novel Arthur Moore 1909

Lightmark and Charles enjoyed the privilege of entertaining the party, including Lady Garnett and Miss Masters, at Borghoni's; after which the younger people chartered a boat, and floated idly about the star-reflecting lake, while the dowagers maintained a discreet surveillance from their seat on the esplanade.

A Comedy of Masks A Novel Arthur Moore 1909

Lightmark blew a light cloud of smoke from his lips before he spoke.

A Comedy of Masks A Novel Arthur Moore 1909

It was a piece of _gaucherie_ which he would find it hard to forgive in himself, and Lightmark might well resent it.

A Comedy of Masks A Novel Arthur Moore 1909

Two days later Lightmark presented himself at the Pension Bungay.

A Comedy of Masks A Novel Arthur Moore 1909

Charles Sylvester had been told that Lightmark was a man who would certainly achieve greatness, and he felt that here was an opportunity to add all hitherto missing leaf to his laurels, by constituting himself a patron of art, a position not often attained by young barristers even when, as in Sylvester's case, they have already designs upon a snug constituency.

A Comedy of Masks A Novel Arthur Moore 1909

Rainham, it is true, saw him occasionally at this time, for, indeed, it was soon after his first arrival in Paris that Lightmark made his friend's acquaintance, sealed by their subsequent journey together to Rome.

A Comedy of Masks A Novel Arthur Moore 1909

It was to one of his sitters that Lightmark owed his introduction to the Sylvesters.

A Comedy of Masks A Novel Arthur Moore 1909

And when it was finished, Rainham and the small coterie of artists who were intimate with Lightmark were generously enthusiastic in their expressions of approval.

A Comedy of Masks A Novel Arthur Moore 1909

After all, Lightmark owed his nascent reputation to work of a less important nature -- a few landscapes which appeared on the walls of

A Comedy of Masks A Novel Arthur Moore 1909