Saturday, 11 January 1873

Editors’ note
[Passages reproduced by Pierre Borel in his article “The Unknown Face of Marie Bashkirtseff According to Her Memoirs,” published in issue No. XLIII of January 1925 of the journal Les Œuvres libres].
Editors’ note
Knowing the manner in which Pierre Borel conceived of the duties of a text editor, we had at first hesitated to publish this document. We resolved to include it after verifying that the events Marie says she witnessed did take place on the dates indicated.
The Howards had come to fetch me, but that scoundrel Mouton did not send me the horse. I drove around several times in the carriage, following the horses; I was in my riding habit, then I changed my dress at the promenade — a delightful blue gown.
This evening, at the Opera, A Masked Ball. A great many people, but I am sad.

Notes

Opera by Giuseppe Verdi (1859). ↩