Copley Society (Boston, Mass.) · [Boston, Press of G.H. Ellis, etc. · leaf 113
of infanticide, and whom the Civil Guard con-vey as prisoner to receive or to perform her sentence.The scene is a third-class railway-wagon, bare, un-cushioned, comfortless—such as is still not obsoletein Spain. The head of this unhappy Margueriteis drooping on her breast and, with her… … I I the seat. Though it is painted out with care, thiswork has scarcely any scope for detail. Nothingrelieves its melancholy bareness save the spots uponthe prisoners cheap print dress, and the pattern onthe kerchief which contains her change of clothing. This pitiful and somber scene is treated…
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