“The heart and soul of a subject should be evident in the eyes, I have always thought, rather than the flesh.” Louisa said, tone clipped. “Artistic temperament is used so often to allow a multitude of sins I have found.”
“Not paid? I think you miss understand the obligation put upon young women quite often – to drink, to accept offers of engagement from undesirable men, to maintain friendships only for the social connections they bring, to conform to their husband’s desires. Just because the question of payment is taken out of the equation doesn’t mean there is no obligation – spoken or unspoken.”
“I am willing to admit there may be women who posed happily for Mr. Young. I have heard talk that Lord Chadwick’s wife, Sarah, was one. I’m not sure I would be happy though to praise an unfaithful wife who abandoned her husband and children because she was content to take off her clothes for your artist.”