Having reached home, the dry bread and the lecture were duly administered to him, and he was dismissed to bed at an early hour. He accepted his punishment with the toughest stoicism.
Ere ascending to his chamber he paid a secret visit to the dining-room, a still, cold, stately apartment, seldom used, for the family customarily dined in the back parlour. He stood before the mantelpiece, and lifted his candle to two pictures hung above--female heads: one, a type of serene beauty, happy and innocent; the other, more lovely, but forlorn and desperate.
"She looked like _that_," he said, gazing on the latter sketch, "when she sobbed, turned white, and leaned against the tree."

Having reached home, the dry bread and the lecture were duly administered to him, and he was sent to bed early. He accepted his punishment stoically.
Before going to his chamber he paid a secret visit to the dining-room: a still, cold apartment, seldom used. He stood before the mantelpiece, and lifted his candle to two pictures hung above - two female heads: one, a type of serene beauty, happy and innocent; the other, more lovely, but forlorn and desperate.
"She looked like that," he said, gazing on the latter sketch, "when she turned white, and leaned against the tree."
