"Blest," says Mr. Guppy, staring in a kind of dismay at his friend, "if I can ever have seen her. Yet I know her! Has the picture been engraved, miss?"
"The picture has never been engraved. Sir Leicester has always refused permission."
"Well!" says Mr. Guppy in a low voice. "I'll be shot if it ain't very curious how well I know that picture! So that's Lady Dedlock, is it!"

"I can't ever have seen her," says Mr. Guppy, in a kind of dismay. "Yet I know her! Has the picture been reproduced, miss?"
"No. Sir Leicester has always refused permission for it to be engraved."
"Well!" says Mr. Guppy in a low voice. "Very curious. I know that picture! So that's Lady Dedlock, is it! 