Sentence:  The upshot of the evening was that I got the address of Pendleton 's studio - or rather , of the studio in which he gave his classes , for he did n't <WSD>work</WSD> there himself - and joined the life class , which met every Tuesday and Thursday from ten to twelve in the morning . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity