My dear friend / a nice muddly / mess I have made of it - / proposing Wednesday - & I have / promised Menpes this very a / day to go to his exhib. that / afternoon - & there in he is / to meet me. / Tell me could you come / on Thursday aftern. - any time / - early or late - but late / would be better because / the cares of the world would / sit more easily upon me. / and at 5 - or earlier or / later, how welcome you / would be. / Your affect. / EB-J / I hope this will not trouble / you. / & if Thursday is impossible ? I will make another / day / also / Spring up at once. / [Self-caricature sitting by a painting on an easel]