midnight
And if no other friends , then no lover . Arnold was only going to visit the young lady as her brother ; but lovers do not generally approve the introduction of such novel effects as that caused by the appearance of a brand-new and previously unsuspected brother . He was glad , on the whole , that there was no lover . Then he left her , and went home to his studio , where he sat till midnight , sketching a thousand heads one after the other with rapid pencil . They were all girls ' heads , and they all had hair parted on the left side , with a broad , square forehead , full eyes , and straight , clear-cut features . `` No , '' he said , `` it is no good . I can not catch the curve of her mouth -- nobody could .