Degas Star of the Ballet painting

Degas Star of the Ballet painting
Hoffman dying swan painting
Avtandil The Grand Opera painting
Pino Angelica painting
She spoke amiably, yet with the least hint of dismissal in her voice. Beaufort evidently felt it, and being unused to dismissals, stood staring at her with an obstinate line between his eyes.
``Why not now?''
``It's too serious a question to decide at this late hour.''
``Do you call it late?''
She returned his glance coolly. ``Yes; because I have still to talk business with Mr. Archer for a little while.''
``Ah,'' Beaufort snapped. There was no appeal from her tone, and with a slight shrug he recovered his composure, took her hand, which he kissed with a practised air, and calling out from the threshold: ``I say, Newland, if you can persuade the Countess to stop in town of course you're included in the supper,'' left the room with his heavy important step.
For a moment Archer fancied that Mr. Letterblair must have told her of his coming; but the irrelevance of her next remark made him change his mind.
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``You know painters, then? You live in their milieu?'' she asked, her eyes full of interest.