. Gérôme : the life and works of Jean Léon Gérôme . he would look at them reproachfully, Wats, quest-ce que vous avez Join: (Why. what i> the matter withyou ) and then, in his inimitable style, he would relate some a mil sine, am adding, IIfaut rire et mourir/ (One should smile and die!) To a friendw ho was obliged to lea\ e Pat is at tin-, mosl lime on account ot sudden ill-ness in the family. In- senl a wool oi encouragement, writing with much diffi-culty : The iei. gram you had 1 he goodness to send me has reassured me; 11 3 with a fortnighl in bed, it will he nothing. This favo
. Gérôme : the life and works of Jean Léon Gérôme . he would look at them reproachfully, Wats, quest-ce que vous avez Join: (Why. what i> the matter withyou ) and then, in his inimitable style, he would relate some a mil sine, am adding, IIfaut rire et mourir/ (One should smile and die!) To a friendw ho was obliged to lea\ e Pat is at tin-, mosl lime on account ot sudden ill-ness in the family. In- senl a wool oi encouragement, writing with much diffi-culty : The iei. gram you had 1 he goodness to send me has reassured me; 11 3 with a fortnighl in bed, it will he nothing. This favorable state trust, dissipated ill your apprehensions and restored serenity to your troubledspirit. 1 await the promised letter, and have good hope that it will bring mestill belter new- than that in your very brief dispatch. Arm yourself withpatience. One must meel the accidents of lite with calmness, and face its stormswith tranquillity ; it is the besl way to render ones sell master in critical situa-tions and to vanquish all LIFE AND works OF // I \ l/(\ two untoward and almost fatal incidents. The ,^asescaped during the night from the large stove in the inner atelier and penetratedto his sleeping-chamber through the open door oi the communicating to the great height of the rooms, ilus deadly poison was probably sodiffused that its c\ il effects weir diminished and the masters life saved. \\ hile still weak from 1 his additional assault, he endeavored, in the dim twilighl ol a November day. to reach down from a cabinel a bronze vase a late strength failing him. the vase fell, striking his noble forehead, cutting adeep gash and dabbling his snowy hair with Mood. The wound in itself provednot very serious, bul the concussion was terrible. These trying and painfulcircumstances revealed, to tho
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