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2

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158

'A culimating ballet in/green & silver most impressive/of evening. Men & women/in great numbers in Court/dress & crinolines. Constant/movement -- Courtly gestures/-- dazzling effect./Notable backgrounds. One of 3 Cardinals sitting/at table talking in wainscotted/room old furniture etc./But whole scene inside a/frame at an angle & seemingly/hanging in space & in/perspective!! Most remark-/able thing of its Kind Ive ever seen./Another remarkable scene/was looking down on a railway/yards at night. Trains/brightly lit glid by through/night -- whistle and roar./Seen Lights of station &/surrounding city very/beautifully suggested -/full of variety as to size/shape & character. Some/lights dim others bright/stabs in the dark'

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