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`` Yes ; nothing does you any good but work . I worked in the _ atelier _ -- that 's the French for studio -- all the morning , and in the afternoon I painted from the nude in a public studio . I had such a nice studio -- such a jolly little place . I was up every morning at eight o'clock , my model arrived at nine , and I worked without stopping -LRB- barring the ten or twelve minutes ' rest at the end of every hour -RRB- till twelve . Then I went to the cafe to have breakfast -- how I used to enjoy those breakfasts -- fried eggs all swimming in butter , a cutlet , after , nice bread and butter , then cock your legs up , drink your coffee , and smoke your cigarette till one . '' `` Did you like the French cafe better than the ` Gaiety ' ? '' `` It is impossible to compare them .