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[[left side]] to the King, and his Countess is chief lady I believe to the Queen. You may be sure I was up in G. as they say, where I saw that the Count was enthusiastic over the skeetch, even the likeness, but the whole thing appealed to him, and he commented on it repeatedly, and I could see in a genuine way, for he is that sort of a man, a connoisseur, as well, so after all these weeks, I felt that something was being accomplished, the Count very cordially said he would do every thing to facilitate [[right side]] the work - and would try to find some soldier who had a build something like the King's to wear a uniform as of course his Majesty could not be expected to pose for every thing. I may do a very large canvas of him, but I am not saying anything about it, except to those immediately concerned here, for I may change the composition & size. Of course I do not expect to finish the portrait here, there will be long work ahead of me when I get back but I want thorough [[left margin]] Enclosed is a snap-shot taken by Johansen at Amiens, while lunching at hotel, I look very "Coomfortable" and was, after the strenuous ride the lady at my [[strikethrough]] right [[/strikethrough]] left knows a lot of your old [[?]] friends. [[/left margin]] [[right margin]] Joe Decamp in the background. This was in the long trip to front. [[/right margin]]
Transcription Notes:
* "Up in G"
It means doing very well.
"Away up in G" - "way up in G" - "up in G"
was a turn-of-the-century expression meaning "very high" -- as in G, the highest note of the A to G scale -- or by extension "very well." - Wordsmith.org
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22away%20up%20in%20G%22&num=100&newwindow=1&hl=en&biw=1093&bih=698&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=pw&ei=7BiLUbnYJae9igL7vYCYDQ
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* John C. Johansen (best guess) - painter, Denmark
* Amiens - town in northern France,
"Battle of Amiens" (1918)