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I recollected that she had told me the name of the original was Elma
Heath, and that she had been a schoolfellow of hers at Chichester.
Therefore I inquired of the photographer's lady-clerk whether she could
supply me with a print of the negative.
For a considerable time she searched in her books for the name, and at
last discovered it. Then she said:
"I regret, sir, that we can't give you a print, for the customer
purchased the negative at the time."
"Ah, I'm very sorry for that," I said. "To what address did you send
it?"
"The customer who ordered it was apparently a foreigner," she said, at
the same time turning round the ledger so that I could read. And I saw
that the entry was: "Heath--Miss Elma--3 dozen cabinets and negative.
Address: Baron Xavier Oberg, Vosnesenski Prospect 48, St. Petersburg,
Russia."
"Did this gentleman come with the young lady when her portrait was
taken?" I inquired.
"I can't tell, sir," she replied. "I've only been here a year, and you
see the date--over two years ago.


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