0n the appointed day, Gibson, quivering with excitement; presentedhimself once more at the great master's studio. Canova wassurrounded as before by artists and visitors; but in a short timehe took Gibson into a chamber by himself, and began to speak with himin his quite broken English. Many artists came to Rome, he exclaimed,with quite small means, and that maybe might be Gibson's case."Let me have the gratification, then," he went on, "of assistingyou to prosecute your studies. I am rich. I am anxious to be ofuse to you. Let me forward you in your art as long as you stay inRome."