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Chezy sur Marne
Aug. 1. 1903

My dear Parents,
Speed, pulse. Coop and Alfie, came around to my studio about ten days ago and said they had decided the night before to go on a sketching trip and wanted me to make the fifth member.
I at first refused first because none of the boys knew anything about the place they were going to and secondly I wanted to work in my studio, and my pocket book was not very stout - But the boys told me of the cost of board +c that seemed so reasonable that I