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LAUGHING TORSO me ten one-pound notes and we just got back in time. Gwen Farrar was acting on the same bill as Yvonne. I went round to the theatre one day and arrived during the first house. Yvonne had dressed herself up as Gwen and was engaged upon imitating her in her dressing-room. She was a marvellous mimic. I left the Hotel Metropole, sold some drawings, and returned to Paris, leaving Yvonne and the Countess in London. One evening I was sitting in the Dome with some Americans, Harold E. Stearns was there, and they were speaking of Hendrik van Loon, the writer. I had not read any of his works, but as it had been suggested to me on one occasion to do a book of drawings of famous people, I listened for all the information that I could get. I gathered that he was expected to come that evening to the Dome and asked them if I might sit with them and meet him. It was rather like waiting for the arrival of the Almighty. About eight-thirty he arrived with his wife. I was introduced to them. I said, " Mr. Van Loon, may I do a drawing of you? " and he said, .:" Yes, certainly, will you have lunch with me at Foyot's to-morrow? " I was delighted. He was a very tall man and most awfully nice and amusing. Foyot's had probably the best food in Paris and is a nice, warm and comfortable restaurant near the Luxembourg Gardens. It is much patronized by the French Senators as it is directly opposite the 246