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leave that to him and to trust. If this letter is very disconnected and broken it is because I have been interrupted over and over again by visitors - Just at the season the painters have finished their work for this year and they drop in to see each other and when I am stopped short in the middle of a sentence I find it difficult to take up the threads again. There is one thing I have asked you once or twice but you have forgotten to answer - It is about the Melchers picture - Is it in this gallery does it belong to this gallery and is it marked in any way as the prize picture? I have also asked Beatty but he does not tell me. Do let me have a line from time to time abut the little women - and give her and all our best love - Tell her to get well soon as possible. Sincerely John