He jokes that he is thinking of writing a small pamphlet called "What Artists do with themselves on dark days", saying both he and
papa work on through the yellow fog. There is great excitement in the P.R.B. world as
Millais has six pictures [ready for the Royal Academy],
Cope has two.
The family is going to the Hullah's to hear
Haydn's stabat mater, over one hundred people will be there including
C.F., so he can't go. He worries how
mama will behave to her.