ThecasewasworsewiththeMajor——nothingIcoulddowouldkeepHIM
down，sothathebecameusefulonlyfortherepresentationofbrawnygiants。Iadoredvarietyandrange，Icherishedhumanaccidents，theillustrativenote；Iwantedtocharacteriseclosely，andthethingintheworldImosthatedwasthedangerofbeingriddenbyatype。I
hadquarrelledwithsomeofmyfriendsaboutit——IhadpartedcompanywiththemformaintainingthatoneHADtobe，andthatifthetypewasbeautiful（witnessRaphaelandLeonardo），theservitudewasonlyagain。IwasneitherLeonardonorRaphael；Imightonlybeapresumptuousyoungmodernsearcher，butIheldthateverythingwastobesacrificedsoonerthancharacter。WhentheyaverredthatthehauntingtypeinquestioncouldeasilyBEcharacter，Iretorted，perhapssuperficially:\"Whose？\"Itcouldn’tbeeverybody’s——itmightendinbeingnobody’s。
AfterIhaddrawnMrs。MonarchadozentimesIperceivedmoreclearlythanbeforethatthevalueofsuchamodelasMissChurmresidedpreciselyinthefactthatshehadnopositivestamp，combinedofcoursewiththeotherfactthatwhatshedidhavewasacuriousandinexplicabletalentforimitation。Herusualappearancewaslikeacurtainwhichshecoulddrawupatrequestforacapitalperformance。
Thisperformancewassimplysuggestive；butitwasawordtothewise——itwasvividandpretty。Sometimes，even，Ithoughtit，thoughshewasplainherself，tooinsipidlypretty；Imadeitareproachtoherthatthefiguresdrawnfromherweremonotonously（betement，asweusedtosay）graceful。Nothingmadehermoreangry:itwassomuchherpridetofeelthatshecouldsitforcharactersthathadnothingincommonwitheachother。Shewouldaccusemeatsuchmomentsoftakingawayher\"reputytion。\"