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of view that you have been patient and deserve credit for it. 

Although I may have seemed indifferent; tis only seeming.

Assure Mrs Gellatly for me I value her esteem; and hope it will be earned by the finished picture: I have a fancy that she understands possibly better than you or me the meaning of such a work and the difficulties and also the limitations pertaining to it.

More Anon,

Very sincerely,

Albert P Ryder