I kept my word. An hour or two sufficed to sketch my own portrait in crayons; and in less than a fortnight I had completed an ivory miniature of an imaginary Blanche Ingram. It looked a lovely face enough, and when compared with the real head in chalk, the contrast was as great as self- control could desire.
La mattina seguente due ore mi bastarono per schizzare a matita il mio ritratto, e in quindici giorni avevo terminato la miniatura di una Bianca Ingram immaginaria; quando misi quel ritratto accanto al mio, il contrasto era così evidente come potevo desiderarlo.