? ? ? ? "Well, I'm glad to hear you say so," said Sir Henry, glancing with some surprise at my friend. "I don't pretend to know much about these things, and I'd be a better judge of a horse or a steer than of a picture. I didn't know that you found time for such things. "
? ? ? ? "I know what is good when I see it, and I see it now. That's a Kneller, I'll swear, that lady in the blue silk over yonder, and the stout gentleman with the wig ought to be a Reynolds. They are all family portraits, I presume?"
? ? ? ? "Every one."
? ? ? ? "Do you know the names?"
? ? ? ? "Barrymore has been coaching me in them, and I think I can say my lessons fairly well."
? ? ? ? "Who is the gentleman with the telescope?"
? ? ? ? "That is Rear-Admiral Baskerville, who served under Rodney in the West Indies. The man with the blue coat and the roll of paper is Sir William Baskerville, who was Chairman of Committees of the House of Commons under Pitt."
? ? ? ? "And this Cavalier opposite to me -- the one with the black velvet and the lace?"
? ? ? ? "Ah, you have a right to know about him.
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