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I wrote the verses inside of an hour - they are only the first—    If it were not for the under currents this last three weeks would have been the most completely jolly and nice one's I ever had—  Hard work partially at least successful - all interspersed with the jolliest social pigeon as E.J. would say - nothing dangerous or doubtful and I - tell it not - The leading lady - "Harrison and Hoeber" have been doing lots of small work - pictures for exhibitions in America and England some of A.H's perfect dreams of sea and sky - no figures - It is awfully nice as you may imagine to see them grow.   You will see some of Mr. Hoeber's in Exhib's at home - of course Harrison's if they are there —   Hoeber sails for home the 27 of Oct —

I am going to send someway or other my Supper at Emmaus - if I could only show you the others.  Tell Etta we will only postpone our reception —  I feel like writing you back a private letter but much packing is to be done and I cant manage more than 12 pages —  Of course you will know 


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Candle lighting up The [[?]] Valdenaire which is kitchen bed room and menagerie all in one —  The V.'s stood sympathetically about and when I begged a bit of onion of Madame she opened a table drawer which contained a variety collected apparently from Mmes work box if she has one and Monsieurs tool chest, old cork's old iron spools of thread nails etc.  Searching brought forth two small onions which made my potatoes Maitre d'Hotel —  And by that time May had got the scrambled eggs done upstairs assisted by the whole party who had lost their patience and got into the kitchen. Much hilarty [[hilarity]] reached me from above so I felt a little better, and about 8 we were really ready —  It was by no means an orderly feast but there never was a jollier one - Mr Hoeber kept us in fits of laughter all the time as he is as funny as Mr Bunham and Uncle José rolled into one. He got up once and was wandering around the room in search of something and when he looked under the table and we inquired