The life, letters and work of Frederic Leighton . riendly message,which I have since discovered in your former letter. Prayoffer her my best compliments, and assure her I considerher great kindness to you gives her a claim upon my sym-pathy, and I shall rejoice to have an opportunity of givingher this assurance in person. In February his mother wrote: I hope you will notlong be separated from your friends the Sartoris when youleave Rome. We all sincerely desire to become acquaintedwith the valued friends of whom we hear so much. Later his father wrote: With regard to your reasonsfor remaining
The life, letters and work of Frederic Leighton . riendly message,which I have since discovered in your former letter. Prayoffer her my best compliments, and assure her I considerher great kindness to you gives her a claim upon my sym-pathy, and I shall rejoice to have an opportunity of givingher this assurance in person. In February his mother wrote: I hope you will notlong be separated from your friends the Sartoris when youleave Rome. We all sincerely desire to become acquaintedwith the valued friends of whom we hear so much. Later his father wrote: With regard to your reasonsfor remaining at Rome during the spring, you have thistime at least the best of the argument. If there were noother than your wish to give more tangible form to yourgratitude to your kind friends, the Sartoris, it would besufficient, to say nothing of the drawings from M. Angeloand Raphael. And in the same cover his mother says: I feel, withyour father, great satisfaction at your undertaking a likenessof Mrs. Sartoris—I hope it may prove a satisfactory PORTRAIT OF MRS, ADELAIDE SARTORIS Drawn by Lord Leighton for her friend Lady Bloomfield, 1867By permission of the Hon, Mrs, Sartoris WATTS—SUCCESS—FAILURE 233 Give our love to Mrs. Sartoris. Leightons younger sisterkept a diary in those days. Written in this are noteswhich describe the keen appreciation which she and herfamily felt for her brothers friends. In fact she is, asFred says, an angel. She seems very fond of him, as shemight be of a younger brother. . She is very stout, highcoloured, and has little hair. But the shape of her mouthis very fine, the modulations of her voice in speaking areexquisite. She is a creature who can never age, and beforewhose attractions those of younger and prettier women mustalways pale. August 1855.—Fred returned to Bath tostay with us a little while. Beautiful drives together. Sogenerous in giving me several volumes of poetry. Sept.—Left us to go to Paris. While in London Leighton wrote th
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