Chapter

 1 Int |     Academies is well known.~In a letter to Marie Bashkirtseff he
 2 Int | abominable trade.”~And in a later letter:~“I have no taste that I
 3 VII |     Jeanne took from her pocket a letter from the baroness asking
 4 IX  |           the column an autograph letter from the king, under glass,
 5 IX  |       signature.~She put back the letter without understanding its
 6 IX  |      words: “Be sure to burn this letter!”~At last she opened an
 7 X   |      wrote a firm, but respectful letter to the archbishop; the abbé
 8 XI  |   Saturday morning she received a letter from Paul, saying that he
 9 XI  |           was getting along. Each letter was accompanied by a doctor’
10 XI  |     afflicted her.~She received a letter from the Abbé Tolbiac: “
11 XI  |         sat a long time with this letter on her lap. Perhaps it was
12 XI  |        she did, indeed, receive a letter from her son, and in her
13 XI  |     promised her by the abbé. The letter ran:~“My Dear Mamma: Do
14 XI  |     weeping for joy, to show this letter to the baron. Aunt Lison
15 XI  |           receipt of a despairing letter:~“My Poor Mamma: I am lost.
16 XI  |           papers accompanying the letter gave the details of the
17 XII |         the postman brought her a letter from Paul asking for ten
18 XIII|        She wrote him an imploring letter:~“My Dear Child: I am going
19 XIII|          remained motionless, the letter on her lap, seeing through
20 XIII|             That was probably her letter. She said abruptly: “Listen!
21 XIII|           formed.~One evening the letter at last came, enclosing
22 XIV |        she would try to trace it, letter by letter, in space, sometimes
23 XIV |        try to trace it, letter by letter, in space, sometimes for
24 XIV |          under the door. It was a letter that the postman had slipped
25 XIV |       into the room they read the letter over together and then remained