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hilip did not find living in Paris as cheap as he had been
Pled to believe and by February had spent most of the
money with which he started. He was too proud to appeal
to his guardian, nor did he wish Aunt Louisa to know that
his circumstances were straitened, since he was certain she
would make an effort to send him something from her own
pocket, and he knew how little she could afford to. In three
months he would attain his majority and come into pos-
session of his small fortune. He tided over the interval by
selling the few trinkets which he had inherited from his fa-
ther.
At about this time Lawson suggested that they should
take a small studio which was vacant in one of the streets
that led out of the Boulevard Raspail. It was very cheap. It
had a room attached, which they could use as a bed-room;
and since Philip was at the school every morning Lawson
could have the undisturbed use of the studio then; Lawson,
after wandering from school to school, had come to the
conclusion that he could work best alone, and proposed to
get a model in three or four days a week. At first Philip hesi-
tated on account of the expense, but they reckoned it out;
and it seemed (they were so anxious to have a studio of their
own that they calculated pragmatically) that the cost would
not be much greater than that of living in a hotel. Though