漏 Copyright 2001 R. G. Harrison Letter 386b Nuenen, late November 1884
Dear brother,
Thank you for your letter and the money.
Assuming what you say is true, namely that you have repeatedly started to write to me, but that you did not succeed in finishing the letter 鈥?well, I find myself in the same situation, for twice already I have thrown away what I had written into the fire, because I thought it either too bitter or too sad. What shall I say to you? Your letter sounds very correct, and has the tone of a good ministre des Beaux Arts.
But this does not alter the fact that it is not much use to me, and that I am not satisfied with it 鈥?and especially in your 鈥渓ater on, when you have expressed yourself more clearly, we shall perhaps find something in your present work, and then we shall not act as we do now鈥︹