text:  Lupot who spared nothing on her education did not despair of finding a husband for her with a soul above sticks of sealing-wax and wafers--more especially as it was evident she had no turn for trade and believed she had a decided genius for the fine arts--for she had painted her father as a shepherd with his crook when she was only twelve and had learned a year after to play "Je suis Lindore" by ear on the piano