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about to take a bath. Although as an English farmer said, "I hardly think from the color that a bath [[strikethrough]] was [[/strikethrough]] is necessary."  Do you suppose she only takes it for fun," said I.

I spent nearly the whole day at the gallery.


Wednesday.

Went to the Natural Gallery, and I enjoyed myself so much that it has left me happier than I have been for an age. Van Dyke's, Rembrant's [[Rembrandt's]], Ruben's [[Rubens]], De Sartos [[Del Sarto?]]  Velazquez's and many more giants. Inspiring. Every one a great lesson. I simply long to paint (copy) some of them. One has to hand in an example of ones work [[continued on right side]]

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most enjoyable. Watts were simply childish. Dirty color, poor drawing, and absolutely lacking in planes. Some very fine Millias [[Millais]]. In fact all works seemed like old friends, we have seen them so often reproduced. Sargents fine painting of the two young girls lighting lanterns out of doors. It is an extraordinary work. There [[strikethrough]] was [[/strikethrough]] is one painting there by F.D. Millet. Leighton has a horrible painting, badly placed, called “The Sea gives up its dead.”

I cannot understand how a man could use so large a canvas for such a morbid ghastly subject.

He has one very attractive uncle there. A young Greek