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but he was not sure that they would come out well large on the account of the drawing I told him that if Barry got the commission[?] that he would do them under my eye in Florence he seemed so pleased he handed me the sketchs and said take them to him and tell him to begin his work at once he added I will till Hav[?] the news at once he seemed overjoyed that I thought so well of them Hastings is perfectly delightfull. he was so cordial to Proctor & I he says that he has followed my work ever since he met Millie[?] & I in Florida with [?]

Bedford N.Y
Jan 16th 1908

Dearest Nancy 
I received your sweet letter of Dec 20th it was so nice to get a real love letter & should have written you long ago not to bother with my picture donot touch it again what you have done will be of great use to me it will prove wheather it is of use for me to engage or [[strikethrough]] fo [[/strikethrough]] copyist to help me or not I realize that it is difficult for you to copy and I should not