as I strodestride, were but matters to which , or to such as which , I had been accustomed from my infancy -- while I hesitatedhesitatenot to acknowledge how familiar was all this -- I still wonderedwonderto find how unfamiliar were the fancies which ordinary images were stirringstirup .
Katharine stirredstirher tea , and seemed to speculate , so Denham thoughtthink, upon the duty of filling somebody else ’s cup , but she was really wonderingwonderhow she was going to keep this strange young man in harmony with the rest .
CHAPTER 1 The studio was filled with the rich odourodourof roses , and when the light summer windwindstirredstiramidst the trees of the garden , there came through the open door the heavy scentscentof the lilac , or the more delicate perfumeperfumeof the pink-flowering thorn .