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"Yes; I don't suppose you will object to that. Georges Petit is

going to collect all my best pictures for a special exhibition in

the Rue de Seze, which will open the first week in October. The

portrait will only be away a month. I should think you could

easily spare it for that time. In fact, you are sure to be out of

town. And if you keep it always behind a screen, you can't care

much about it."