Since Keeffe is ashamed of his writing (his hand, as you may know, along with other parts, was broken in the racing catastrophe), he has asked me to communicate to you his thanks for the painting. Had you given him one of your champagne banquets, complete with the usual bevy of insufficiently clothed opera dancers, he could not have been happier—or so he assures me, but since he is a man, I strongly doubt it. In any event, you have succeeded in pleasing and flattering him and raising his spirits to a surprising degree. For this I allot you one point. When you accumulate another five thousand
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