Thursday, 6 March 1873

Beautiful sunshine but dust and a dreadful wind.
To the music (black silk dress, pink hat) — a fair number of people (there was a matinee at the Méditerranée).
Comte Etienne came to speak with us. But the dust and wind were so terrible that we could not stay at the music and went through the town to run errands. We went home to fetch my old blue hat, which Sophie wanted as a model. Meanwhile I changed my dress (vicuna outfit, bandit hat). We went out again into town, then home.
Boreel was not there. Could he still be in Monaco? What is the matter with him? Before, he passed his time so well, and now — poor fellow! How I pity him! I feel nothing for him anymore, but since I am bored at having no one to even occupy my thoughts with, I regret his absence. Truly one cannot live in this world without having someone who interests you. I understand perfectly well that Boreel does not suit me as a husband, but all the same, I should like him to love me — and I even believe that if he knew how to seize the opportunity, he could make himself loved by me...
How stupid and tiresome I am. I clearly had nothing to write about...
Oh! what am I saying! Not at all — it cannot be. But I should very much like to know who has changed him so in a day. Yesterday he had the air the Duke takes on: dissipated, tired, indifferent, conceited. This pleased me very much in him; perhaps he received a refusal from the pretty Gunnis — it is possible.
That Miss Gunnis is very pretty; perhaps he is in love with her, he proposed to her and she refused. Then I pity him even more. If that is the case, it is no wonder he goes to amuse himself in Monaco. Poor dear friend! But then again, if that is it — it is very vexing for me, dreadfully vexing for me! I am most displeased.
Oh! how I should like to know the reason exactly! But truly, now I no longer have any purpose for the promenade!
My everything has gone! And my only distraction goes off to Monaco every day — how very tiresome! Why does he not get himself introduced? How stupid of him. And what if he does not want to? Oh! no, it is not possible! He will not find the occasion.
Is it I who am stupid? He is in Monaco.