Monday, 1 December 1879

I had written to M. d'Aspremont for that good Tchoumakoff and here is his reply, [missing] I want to send something to Nice under a nom de guerre of course and I am getting down to it this very morning. This evening I began to model a piece of bas-relief from the Parthenon frieze. It is from today that I begin sculpture.
My painting must be ready a week from Saturday.