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get ready to start. That's mean. I take it all back. I suppose the poor girl feels badly for they haven't been separated for a day since they have been engaged. I know he looked rather the night they decided to leave. God help him if he feels any worse than I did.
I guess this won't be a very interesting letter except. as far as hearing that I am still in the land of the living goes. This fry gets into ones brain. I think and makes him as blue as the streets. I don't see any funny things as I did in Paris. Whether they are not here or whether I am not in the mood to appreciate them.  I cant make out. One thing I do know though: and that is that all the lower classes look awfully filthy and miserable. They look as if all they wanted in this world was to get a drink. This morn. while we were at breakfast the sun came out. That is it comes out so you could see that there was such a thing as a sun. Mrs. Fletcher mildly remarked that we might get tanned. Which I thought was very good. If you only could see it you would appreciate it. You flatter me in saying you think I could do as well as the fellow in the cab. I am afraid I couldn't. I didn't make a sketch of any of the parks while I was in Paris. It was rather cold. I have got my picture partly done that I am painting here. It is a street with. I wonder how many times I have told you this. anyway here goes for one more. With a Punch & Judy show on the opp. sidewalk and one of the men right in the front of the pic [[strikethrough]] turr. holding out his hat for money. Graves [[gayes?]] me about painting so slow. He says. Well, have you painted another limb of a tree today? but there he is only joking. I expect I shall be in germany Christmas. I wonder how we will celebrate. Have you had any [[stating?]]