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believe this—   Such a fuss as they all made over me afterwards—  Now I should like to make a drawing that they would pin up—  
On Wednesday afternoon May and I went to Mrs Green's  She never forgets us, and passed a lovely hour with her  She told us Mrs Duveneck was ill with a sort of bronchitis and they were somewhat worried about her.  On Friday afternoon we met Alex Harrison at the Luxembourg and he told us that she was dead.  I never was more shocked. I had been to see her the Saturday before and she was perfectly well and very sweet and kind.  They had not been married long and she had a baby.  I believe not a 

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for fear of Fleury[[*]], and that he would be satirical about my composition "The Disciples at Emmaus".  
Rather a subject was'nt it?   And when he came and sat down in my chair I heared a deep sigh, and he sat there looking at it and murmuring to himself "Ce n'est pas mal. Ce n'est pas du tout"—  And when I said from my despondent soul "J'ai travaillée beaucoup et je n'ai fait rien—"  which he repeated after me "travaillé beaucoup il fait rien; moi, je ne suis pas de votre opinion - je ne suis pas aussi difficile que vous—"  "Ses mises en places sont bons, le caractère est bien observé _etc_  Votre ouevre [[oeuvre]] m'interresse beaucoup.  Then he told me he wanted me 

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* Duveneck - Frank Duveneck & wife Elizabeth Boott (d. Mar 22, 1888) * Tony Robert-Fleury https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Robert-Fleury Quick Google Translation of the prof's comments for those interested: "I worked a lot and did nothing." Which he repeated after me "Worked a lot he does nothing; I don't agree with you - I'm not as picky as you." "Its layouts are good, the character is well observed, etc. Your work interests me a lot."