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10 rue de Marignan
Paris
April 26th 1895

My Dear Miss Lamb,

Your letter gave me a most pleasant surprise this morning, & as you see I answer it at once, first because it is mail day & secondly because I don't know if I may have an opportunity soon again. I did receive a letter from you two years ago & not having answered it at once I mislaid your address - & have thought of you with remorse ever since.

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You will find plenty of places to work, no doubt, once you are here -
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was spent in getting the workmen out of the house & getting it in order, & I now wonder if ever I shall take my Mother to be there after all our trouble to make it comfortable for her. Our address in the country is Chateau du Mesnil-Beaufresne par Fresneaux Mt Cheneuil (Oise) - & a letter here will always find us. If things go better with us won't you, when you do come over come & make us a visit, my Mother wishes to see you again as much as I do. I am afraid there is no place I know of where you would be comfortable.  Pissaro is getting old & his advice would not be so good as it was. We lost Mme Manet (Berthe Morisot) this winter carried off in five days by grippe. Degas works as much as ever. Bartholomé is still at [[Tormets??]], I never see him I am much pleased at your liking

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my little pastel. I worked amid distraction this last winter & would have preferred putting off new exhibitions, hoping to see you over here soon & with much love from my Mother & from me.
Yours affectionately,
Mary Cassatt
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