ABSTRACT
1. Visit with friends to Lady Trevelyan: characters of Sir Walter Trevelyan and his wife: Millais' excitement: arrival at Glenfinals: Millais proposes to paint Ruskin and Effie: country diversions: Acland's visit: Millais teaches Effie to paint: Ruskin prepares his "Edinburgh Lectures": Effie's difficulties in her married life: Millais' sympathy for her. 2. Parental objections to Ruskin's lectures: portrait of the lecturer. 3. John James' impatience at his son's prolonged absence: the impossibility of changing oneself: resolutions for future self-denial: proposed tour in Switzerland: return to Herne Hill. 4. Effie and Millais: gossip in the studios: friction between Effie and Mrs. Ruskin: hysterical scenes: Effie leaves her husband and returns home. 5. Public scandal: Millais' indignation: Lady Eastlake's calumnies: Ruskin's attitude: the marriage is annulled: Ruskin's letter to Furnivall. 6. Effie marries Millais.
