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full value for his money, – I could have sold the picture for

a higher price to others; but he was forced

to wait a long time; – and when he received the picture now before Christmas

he deducted 50 – nearly sixty kroner from my debt,

so there was no interest for me to pay, – in return

Kramer deducted 50 kroner from the price of a woodcut, that

Neymann bought at the same time. – Kramer wrote a form

of apology to me for having wilfully

done so, which I was of course only pleased with –

Your ex libris is in progress, – have discarded a couple of blocks

already, as I find it difficult to work so "minutely" now as

in the old days" if I can do a good job, You shall have it gratis.

You once offered to do me a favour in the past,

if I should need it, – I will now permit myself to

take advantage of it: I owe my relative – (we call

her aunt Hanna) – Mrs. Lodtz Johannesen – a little more than 100 kroner

I received some fruit from her last year, – among other things a

crate of green apples, which were expensive and delicious; – I en-

trusted the crate to a rich man here, – because his daughter

had "consumption" – and needed fruit, as she could not eat

anything else – she recovered – but now the man

will not pay me, and I have postponed sending

aunt Hanna this money in expectation of the money

from the above-mentioned man – now I feel I cannot allow aunt H.

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