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would not be going to the States this year. Not until his decorations are finished; in about eight days I am going (on being invited) around to his Fulham road studio: to see the decorations. 

He says that all art is primitive in Italy. That to learn to draw and paint one must keep in the harness as the French do. He spent years with Carolus Duran in Paris, but thought I had best finish what I had started here, and then he would advise me further. He saw me down to the door and in saying goodbye said, "I shall give you introductions if you stay here, and introductions if you go to Paris.