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attribute to Andrea Sansovino circa 14th siecle but whoever be the author its beauty & surpassing excellence render it worthy of Praxiteles himself. To my mind it equals the ancient Greek – Every line & muscle on the body is true to life & the grace & freedom of action render the child alive.
Of the many wonders the place contains I cannot write but I return again & perhaps many times ere I leave Paris.
2-9-19
Visited Bank & found education inspector had gone & then home to find whole place [demanaged] rather awkward as I was accompanied
3,3,4 lost days
6-9-19 (Saturday)
Brise has gone to Marie Le Bretons [indecipherable] & I am alone all day but meals have been prepared for me. Veal roasted in its own humidity & [indecipherable] blood gravy in jelly when cold.
To night is just type of night for reverie all the neighbours are still out & a band in Place Monge sends measured cadences of melody across slum that now are picturesque in the golden moonlight.
The moon which can ever make beautiful