Bakkehussamlingen

Rome the 2 of novbr 1869

Dearest Mother!

Ve have Sunday evening received your dear interesting letter from Constantinopel followed of another dear one from Mimi who asks me with the whole family to congratulate you and send you these few lines from aunt and herself. Only because I have promised you a pair of lines shall I now write them but know only two words, because I must go soon on the Academy and work. It is rather difficult to me to doo all that which people wish. All wish letter of the dear ones. All the Americans wish me to pay them visits, and I myself wish to get a good celebrated artist to honnour and happyness for my dear parents, and my own dear Maria.
Oh mother! how she lowes me and I low her are you not able to immagine, I am overlucky every moment and am working with pleasure and hope, thinking on she and my whole furure. You write me to go with Thorald this // spring over Constantinopel at home but dear Mother to speak about these Objects in letters would be too tirinhg difficult and long. Therefore shall I better wish to wait for your return. I have alltred my thoughts very much and am not more such a light flying bird. – But no I shall not commence or I shall never be able to finish.
Thorald is working every day very diligent his music an has ben invitid several times in Societies. Miss Brewster and a certain Miss Worner are almost too fond of him and his Compositions, Mr Scambati likes him too, a good deal and has invited him to several Concerts. But – Thorald – I do not say it because I like him less – is very full of confusion – disorder. and difficult think I will it be to learn him to become a man, he need to stand quite alone for some time or he shall never learn it. I am of cource less going in society because I during the day am working from 8 – 4 oclock on my pictures and then from 6 – 9 half past on the academy after figures and costumes. I have met with Mr Lorange the danish painter, I like him and his opinions very much and am working // together with him on the academy, he has seen my studies and pictures and praised me very much for my immence progresses and my diligence. – Thank once more for your hearty letter with the fine discriptions. I am sending it of today to Copenhaque. I have too received letters from there containing 500 francs for Thorald and I. I long much for seeing all your pictures and studies from the Orient, Oh! I long for you yourself dear mother to see you again to show you my works, and to be able to lear[n] and work together with you. Many hearty greets from all our Americans, and from Mr Povlsen and his Mother // all is yet here by the old, we are thank Our lord fresh and sound but of course longing at least I, but when I am to say the truth, most for you and my own Mimi. I have not been able to understand what you have written about Fathers Studio. Shall we do nothing ourselves, remember how terrible it is looking and remember the Driftscapital of which we have spoken so much together. Remember well how much the Americans like effect in all manners. Many hearty greets from Thorald and if you have a peace of paper and some of your dear mother thoughts left for your faithfull happy son Harald! shall he be very thankfull. Excuse, but I must now go on the academy. –