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some time ago to Hill - I also told you how much I liked Ethel Smyth's card - Orpen's writing seems dowdy and trivial, but the illustrations are awfully good, especially the Goya-like ones- I don't care for the portraits as a rule -

My plans are vague as to how long I will stay - all summer at any rate, for I am getting on with my job - and I don't believe there would be any Generals in London until the autumn. Last summer in London was no use in that respect - so I am