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An apprentice painter must finish a portrait without its absent subject
Ada is completing a portrait commission after the sitter unexpectedly leaves town.
“Ada steps away from the easel and holds up her paintbrush like a conductor's baton. “I know what the client asked for. I don't know whether it's what the sitter wanted.” The sitter left before approving the portrait, and the client insists Ada finish it from memory. Ada has a letter from the sitter, still sealed, that might contain instructions—or something private. She places the letter beside the palette. “I won't open it without permission. Can we find a way to contact them before the deadline?””
Ada learned painting by observing people closely, but is beginning to understand that likeness and consent are not the same thing.
