Mavis had struck up a friendship with Miss Lindsay and Lorraine
Forrester, and often went to see them at the studio which they had
temporarily hired. Lorraine's principal branch of art was sculpture, and
she was modelling a bust of Morland, who came readily for sittings,
though he had refused point-blank to act model for his father.
The two were on terms of what Lorraine called "sensible friendship,"
which Mavis suspected might mean a good deal more some day, if Morland
stopped merely drifting and put his shoulder in dead earnest to the wheel
of life. Lorraine was much the stronger character of the two, and could
generally wind up Morland's ambition while he was with her, though it
often came down again with a run as soon as her influence was removed.
Whether or no her feelings went deeper than she would at present allow,
she was a loyal chum to him, and almost the only person who could really
persuade him to work. To Claudia also Lorraine was a splendid friend. The
girls lived together at a Students' Hostel in London, and shared all
their jaunts and pleasures.
Pages:
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257