Yesterday evening Patton came; they spoke about *that* affair — nothing serious.
Grey, a little rain, then a little sunshine — very fine.
Fine weather. At half past nine I went with Maman to look at apartments. Mlle Collignon went to M. Lefevre's — nearly every day now she is absent —...
Georges will not come here to appear before the tribunal. It would be so easy, and it would take from the Tolstoys and their lawyer the power to say...
What a business! If ever I had anything like this! Without any preparation at all — here I am on the road to Geneva with the two o'clock train. This...
==At eleven o'clock the next morning we reached Geneva and when I saw the cathedral, which I have drawn last year from nature, I was delighted to see...
To dine at the Sapogenikoffs' at half past one (ecru dress, hair half-down, half-pinned-up — well). At eleven in town with Paul to look for lamp
After breakfast we went to church (ecru dress, hair pinned up — well). There were a great many people, nothing elegant. I was much looked at. I was...
Since morning we had packed everything and I put on the grey dress. Around eleven the boy came to announce that M. Abramovitch had arrived. Maman not...
Only at six o'clock in Marseille — tired; I dressed quickly. After taking a few drops of bad coffee and waiting a full hour for the train, we set off...
I bathed in the sea; there was hardly anyone.
==All the day was spent in looking for an apartment and nothing suits us; if the house is large enough, the garden is too small for I want my croquet...
At eight o'clock, after the painting lesson — ah! I must say I had a famous discussion with M. Bensa. I told him I wished to study seriously, that I...
This is a day that sets itself apart a little from the other days, so monotonous and so always the same.
At church (grey batiste dress — well) — I do not much like this dress. There was hardly anyone. The Grand Duchess was at church for the first time in...
Out looking for apartments (grey travel dress). I found a house that suits us very well, but everyone, without having seen it, is against it — that...
Until I have a governess and tutors, I have resolved to continue my studies — take nothing new, but review what I have learned, in order, following a...
It is twenty minutes to seven. I sit down to write, for I have had a horrible dream: we were in a house I do not know, when suddenly I — or someone...
My aunt is well, but still weak; the day before yesterday she dressed fully.
Passing the villa of Gioia, the little terrace to the right drew my attention. It is there that the year before last, going to the races, I saw him...
Mme Daniloff came to fetch us for sea bathing; Maman, Dina, and I went. The bath was very good. Georges consents to do all that is needed. He writes...
The Apollo Belvedere that I am going to copy has a little resemblance to the Duke — the expression especially. When one looks at it all at once, it...
At church (grey cloth dress, new hat). It is Trinity Sunday; the church was all adorned with flowers and greenery. They offered a *solemn prayer* in...
I have begun the serious study of drawing.
I feel more cheerful — could it be from my prayer? I dare not hope so. Everyone went to bathe; they were to meet Daniloff and company. I stayed...
I worked well today; I am content for the whole day and proud of my conduct. There was not a single day of excessive heat; today it rained a little —...
The weather is delicious — fresh, a little rain, the gentlest breeze; a day like Baden-Baden (violet dress, oilcloth hat). One could not see my...
I had scarcely finished lunch when M. Patton arrives in haste to tell us that the villa next to his is for sale — the owner has a criminal case on...
They did not bring me the grey bodice, and I did not go to church; it was too late — mass is at ten instead of eleven.