write to Mùnch and ask him to tell

me honestly, what he thinks of my

art, or perhaps You might ask him

to give me a recommendation – there is a small

Danish stipend in the amount of 125,00 kroner I wish

to apply for – Norwegians can also get it –

it is called: "The Hjelmstjerne Rosencroneske

Endowment". You might say, that I would like to have

his recommendation for this or another

stipend. – It would do me no end of

good to see a recommendation from Mùnch

now, while I go around thinking I am

a creator of humbug. One day I am a

megalomaniac – the next day I

suffer from the most bitter self-loathing.

No it is too much to ask to get a

recommendation from Mùnch. I am better today – a

kind pharmacist in Förde smuggles in medicine

for me – it is forbidden by the Arkana law–

and it will be terribly costly – but I should be

happy to be so fortunate to have it – for I have now sung

its praises for two days, from the time I received it. Pardon

my drowsiness and all the mistakes. Thank you for all You have

done for me. Your devoted Astrup

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I owe a lot of money but I have as yet

not been forced to beg – I have not taken one öre [centesimal subdivision for Norwegian krones] from my father since I was 19 years old.

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