Thursday, 18 March 1880

Here is a letter from L. Enault of the Moniteur des Arts. No doubt la Mouzay spoke to him about me. And the picture will not come right. What is maddening is that the arrangement is very pretty and I feel and know I could do better. What I do in studies is better. What I have done here is shrivelled stuff; it is mangy painting! Oh dear!