"I've extended my hospitality to one of my friends, a former student of Gleyre's, who lacks a studio at the moment. Renoir, that's his name, is a real worker, he takes advantage of my models and helps me pay for them."
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Renoir would move in with Bazille around 1868, and Bazille's letter is only one example of his charitable nature
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