Woman Reading to Another Woman

Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) is probably best known for his paintings of flowers - he even had a rose named after him and very beautiful it is too. But he also had quite a line in women reading - often to another woman - it's 'a theme the artist particularly liked' according the the Musee d"Orsay website. I've shown a couple of these in the past but hopefully not this one. Not that it matters as it's lovely anyway. Is the listener really listening? Or just gazing at the artist? Hopefully she's really absorbed in the story.