Gustave Courbet paintings
Guido Reni paintings
George Inness paintings
George Frederick Watts paintings How wrought they, to bring the storm?"
"By pulling off their stockings, sire."
This astonished Tom, and also fired his curiosity to fever heat. He said eagerly:
"It is wonderful! Hath it always this dread effect?"
"Always, my liege-at least if the woman desire it, and utter the needful words, either in her mind or with her tongue."
Tom turned to the woman, and said with impetuous zeal:
"Exert thy power-I would see a storm."
There was a sudden paling of cheeks in the superstitious assemblage, and a general, though unexpressed, desire to get out of the place-all of which was lost upon Tom, who was dead to everything but the proposed cataclysm. Seeing a puzzled and astonished look in the woman's face, he added, excitedly:
"Never fear-thou shalt be blameless. More-thou shalt go free-none shall touch thee. Exert thy power."
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