Royal collections : Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace (1900)
[England? : s.n.] · leaf 229
greatesthappiness is to take a rise out of the foreigner. I hadthe use of a cottage towork in. which was alwaysso crowded with childrenthat I could scarce find roomto place my easel. Theywere all mightily interested,especially one little girl, whoused to come and kneel atmy side, and, uttering… … From the Pencil Drawing by Phil lilay and so forth—which was very flattering at the time, but soon came to be a bore, and once or twice I bribed them with some coppers to leave me alone. That did it. I was neveralone again. They wouldwait in swarms outside myhotel and follow me to myworkshop…
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