Lord Frederick Leighton Nude on the Beach painting

Lord Frederick Leighton Nude on the Beach painting
William Bouguereau Birth of Venus painting
Charlotta the Fourth felt that some mystery pervaded the stone house that afternoon. . .a mystery from which she was excluded. Miss Lavendar roamed about the garden in a distracted fashion. Anne, too, seemed possessed by a demon of unrest, and walked to and fro and went up and down. Charlotta the Fourth endured it till atience ceased to be a virtue; then she confronted Anne on the occasion of that romantic young person's third aimless peregrination through the kitchen.
"Please, Miss Shirley, ma'am," said Charlotta the Fourth, with an indignant toss of her very blue bows, "it's plain to be seen you and Miss Lavendar have got a secret and I think, begging your pardon if I'm too forward, Miss Shirley, ma'am, that it's real mean not to tell me when we've all been such chums."
"Oh, Charlotta dear, I'd have told you all about it if it were my secret. . .but it's Miss Lavendar's, you see. However, I'll tell you this much. . .and if nothing comes of it you must never breathe a word about it to a living soul. You see, Prince Charming is coming tonight. He