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Lucy does not stand for the medieval lady,<br />

who was rather an ideal to which she was<br />

bidden to lift her eyes when feeling serious.<br />

Nor has she any system of revolt. Here and<br />

there a restriction annoyed her particularly,<br />

and she would transgress it, and perhaps be<br />

sorry that she had done so. This afternoon she<br />

was peculiarly restive. She would really like to<br />

do something of which her well-wishers<br />

disapproved. As she might not go on the<br />

electric tram, she went to Alinari's shop.<br />

There she bought a photograph of Botticelli's<br />

"Birth of Venus." Venus, being a pity, spoilt the<br />

picture, otherwise so charming, and Miss<br />

Bartlett had persuaded her to do without it. (A<br />

pity in art of course signified the nude.)<br />

Giorgione's "Tempesta," the "Idolino," some of<br />

the Sistine frescoes and the Apoxyomenos,<br />

were added to it. She felt a little calmer then,<br />

and bought Fra Angelico's "Coronation,"<br />

Giotto's "Ascension of St. John," some Della<br />

Robbia babies, and some Guido Reni<br />

Madonnas. For her taste was catholic, and she

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