Loving Vincent Page #7

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it is better for everyone."

Here a letter for a letter.

Theo's widow is collecting

all his letters.

She wants to publish them.

I'll make sure she gets that.

In reading through

Vincent's letters to Theo,

she came across this one.

It moved her so much,

she copied it out

and sent it to me.

Why are you giving it to me?

It is from when

he was starting out

on his journey as an artist.

Take it for your journey.

Thank you Dr. Gachet.

Armand Roulin, good luck.

Thanks a lot.

No bother sir.

Who am

I in the eyes of most people?

A nobody, a non entity,

an unpleasant person.

Someone who has not,

and never will have

any position in society.

In short, the lowest of the low.

Well then even if that

were all absolutely true,

then one day I will

have to show by my work

what this nobody, this non

entity has in his heart.

I looked for you at the bar.

Any luck on the job from?

Nothing.

Lieutenant Milliet

says I should enlist.

What for?

Well I'm good at

fighting, aren't I?

Roulin's have always been that.

The trick is to know

what you're fighting for.

Would you look at it?

There's a whole

other world up there.

Something we get to gaze upon

but don't fully understand.

It reminds me of him.

It feels wrong all

that life snuffed out

because of a stupid accident.

I'm still wondering why he

would cover for those boys.

What I'm wondering is if people

will appreciate what he did.

You were looking for me?

This arrived from

Holland this morning.

It's from Jo, Theo's widow.

It turns out Gachel

did send the letter.

And, she was terribly

touched by what you did.

She thought it only right

that you should know

what was in it, so she

copied it out for us.

She sends her, she

said something about-

- Alright, give it here.

In the life of the painter,

death may perhaps not be

the most difficult thing.

For myself, I declare I

don't Know anything about it.

But, the sight of the stars

always makes me dream.

Why I say to myself should

those spots of light

in the firmament bet

Inaccessible lo us?

Maybe we can take

death to go to a star

and lo die peacefully of

old age would be to go there

on foot.

For the moment, I'm

going to go to bed

because it's late, and I wish

you goodnight and good luck

with a handshake,

your loving Vincent.

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