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give another soirée on Saturday night and we are going to ask them.  Miss M B's dress is done but the woman has'nt [[hasn't]] fitted it very well and I'm never going to be very happy in it.  Dont [[Don't]] for the world, however, mention this to Aunt S.

Thursday eve.    I send you two papers.  Galignanis. One has a notice of me. The other some letters about the future of the American Art Student.  You ought to see the Composition I made, this afternoon - 'Le Prédicateur' - I hope Henry will say something to it.  We were to have gone to the 'Invalides' and Tomb of Napoleon today with Aunt S. & C but gave it up and they came over here.  They are coming to our soirée on Saturday night.  I am to wear my Miss M.B. dress.



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The work there is better, beside the splendid work hanging around by the men [[students?]] and the whole spirit of the place. The light too is arranged far better. What a sin it is that it unhealthy.  I should love to go there. And it is hard to keep away. Of course I can learn in one place but the work around me is so poor.     The best pupils at The 'Passage' are fond of making life-size charcoal portraits and they do them beautifully with the greatest finesse and style and firmness, like Lefebvre, himself.  They are all modelled but have no back.

Transcription Notes:
Galignani was an italian newspaper