In the afternoon of this day Roland planted his easel on the plateau of the northern hill, where the barrows are, and put the last touches to the sketch, which he afterwards made into the first picture which he ever exhibited. It appeared in the Grosvenor of '85: of course everybody remembers the picture, which attracted a very respectable amount of attention. It was called the 'Daughter of Lyonesse.' It represented a maiden in the first blossom of womanhood--tall and shapely. She was dressed in a robe of white wool thrown over her left shoulder and gathered at the waist by a simple belt of brown leather: a white linen vest was seen below the wool: round her neck was a golden torque: behind her was the setting sun: she stood upon the highest of a low pile of granite boulders, round the feet of which were spread the yellow branches of the fern and the faded flowers of the heather: she shaded her eyes from the sun with her left hand, and looked out to sea. She was bare-headed: the strong breeze lifted her long black hair and blew it from her shoulders: her eyes were black and her complexion was dark. Behind her and below her was the splendour of sun and sky and sea, with the Western Islands rising black above the golden waters. The sketch showed the figure, but the drapery was not complete: as yet it was a study of light and colour and a portrait. 'I don't quite know,' said the painter, thoughtfully, 'whether you ought not to wear a purple chiton: Phoenician trade must have brought Phoenician luxuries to Lyonesse. Your ancestors were tin-men--rich miners--no doubt the ladies of the family went dressed in the very, very best. I wonder whether in those days the King's daughter was barefooted. The _caliga_, I think--the leather sandal--would have been early introduced into the royal family on account of the spikiness of the fern in autumn and the thorns of the gorse all the year round. The slaves and common people, of course, would have to endure the thorns.' He continued his work while he talked, Armorel making no reply, enacting the model with zeal.