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De Daumier-Smith’s Blue Period

           IsaidtheonlyreasonthatIwasaskingwasthattheinformationwouldhelpmetoinstructhermoreefficiently.Virtuallyinthesamebreath,Iaskedifshewereallowedtohavevisitorsatherconvent.

           Thelastfewlines(orcubicfeet)ofmylettershould,Ithink,bereproducedheresyntax,punctuation,andall.

           ...Incidentally,ifyouhaveacommandoftheFrenchlanguage,IhopeyouwillletmeknowasIamabletoexpressmyselfverypreciselyinthatlanguage,havingspentthegreaterpartofmyyouthchieflyinParis,France.

           Sinceyouarequiteobviouslyconcernedaboutdrawingrunningfigures,inordertoconveythetechniquetoyourpupilsattheConvent,IamenclosingafewsketchesIhavedrawnmyselfthatmaybeofuse.YouwillseethatIhavedrawnthemratherrapidlyandtheyarebynomeansperfectorevenquitecommendable,butIbelievetheywillshowyoutherudimentsaboutwhichyouhaveexpressedinterest.Unfortunatelythedirectoroftheschooldoesnothaveanysysteminthemethodofteachinghere,Iamverymuchafraid.Iamdelightedthatyouarealreadysowelladvanced,butIhavenoideawhatheexpectsmetodowithmyotherstudentswhoareveryretardedandchieflystupid,inmyopinion.

           Unfortunately,Iamanagnostic;however,IamquiteanadmirerofSt.FrancisofAssisifromadistance,itgoeswithoutsaying.

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