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           ButCharlesTamerleyknewthathiswifehaddeliberatelytriedtohumiliatetheyoungwoman,andangered,wentoutofhiswaytobenicetoher.Heaskedherifhemightbeallowedtocallandbroughthersomebeautifulflowers.

           Hewasthenamanofnearlyforty,withasmallheadonanelegantbody,notverygood-lookingbutofdistinguishedappearance.Helookedverywell-bred,whichindeedhewas,andhehadexquisitemanners.Hewasanamateurofthearts.Heboughtmodernpicturesandcollectedoldfurniture.Hewasaloverofmusicandexceedinglywellread.AtfirstitamusedhimtogotothetinyflatofftheBuckinghamPalaceRoadinwhichthesetwoyoungactorslived.HesawthattheywerepooranditexcitedhimtogetintotouchwithwhathefondlythoughtwasBohemia.HecameseveraltimesandhethoughtitquiteanadventurewhentheyaskedhimtohavealuncheonwiththemwhichwascookedandservedbyascarecrowofawomanwhomtheycalledEvie.Thiswaslife.HedidnotpaymuchattentiontoMichaelwhoseemedtohim,notwithstandinghistooobviousbeauty,asomewhatordinaryyoungman,buthewastakenbyJulia.Shehadawarmth,aforceofcharacter,andabubblingvitalitywhichwereoutsidehisexperience.Hewenttoseeheractseveraltimesandcomparedherperformancewithhisrecollectionsofthegreatforeignactresses.Itseemedtohimthatshehadinhersomethingquiteindividual.Hermagnetismwasincontestable.Itgavehimquiteathrilltorealizeonasuddenthatshehadgenius.

           "AnotherSiddonsperhaps.AgreaterEllenTerry."