Notebook 015

January 1874 — January 1874

24 entries 15,307 words 24 translated

Main location: Nice

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I forgot to mention that yesterday they performed "La Favorite" and that the *prima donna* is beneath all criticism.

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The door slams shut, and off they go! Miserere!

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How sweet it is to wake up naturally; my alarm did not ring and I opened my eyes on my own. It is like when one goes by boat and forgets oneself, the...

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I decide not to go to Monaco; it is not good for me to be seen every time at the pigeon shooting.

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At church with Dina and Paul (blue dress, brown hat, *good*) -- countless people.

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We go out and I take my dress to Monier who will fix it. Andrionoff comes up with us to Monier's. We make plans for this spring. We shall escort...

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I go to that detestable Monier who has still not finished. Then I walk with Hitchcock (before walking I went by carriage with Machenka, Dina, and...

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At ten o'clock Auda came, but she says she can do nothing for today; Maman is distressed and my aunt scolds and cries, recalling every example of our...

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I wake at a quarter past eight with a headache; I dismissed the mathematics teacher. I go out in the carriage with Maman and my aunt, Dina is ill...

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At church (brown dress, *good*), Mme de Galve was there; how young and pretty she is -- she looks like she's sixteen. There is a real commotion at...

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At the Promenade, I was in the carriage with the family and saw Wittgenstein with Lambertye. The ==*bella*== Zigouzin was riding in an invalid's...

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I had placed a comb and a small mirror under my pillow and I dreamed that Allard was doing my hair; indeed Josephine wakes me saying the hairdresser...

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I am lazy; I do not rise until eight o'clock -- I must change this, otherwise I am becoming common. Nothing spoiled today; everything was fine and...

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Could it have been otherwise? Why could I think that this time it would be better, good?

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It rains! Miserere! Hail to the rain! I take my white muslin dress to Simone; she will freshen it for Monday. I do not want to wear the blue one, for...

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It rains. I think of not going to Monaco, but all at once I remember that the next Shoot will be Monday and that Monday I shall not go out, since we...

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We were late for church; we stop at Simone's to collect my white dress and go home. I had great difficulty doing my hair (brown dress, *good*). My...

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Dina received many presents. I dress and around one o'clock I come down (white dress, *very good*, but afterwards only good). The boys begin to...

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The alarm did not ring and I slept ==*fino alle otto e mezzo*==. Miserere! ==*E tempo di ricomminciare a lavorare tutti questi giorni erano giorni di...

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Despite all my stupid complaints and my madwoman's despairs, this is my happiest time, for I have hope. I am still nothing; all lies in my future;...

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At last this day has come! This day I awaited so and which seemed never to arrive. This time we go -- myself, Maman, Dina, and Paul; as soon as we...

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Only a minute remains and we run to get to our carriage. At Monaco everyone alights and one sees all these animals snatching at the carriages. The...

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I am discontented with everything. Fortune took my white dress to the laundry and instead of merely pressing it, they washed it. But that is a...

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It was ten minutes to eleven when I rise; though rather late we went to church all the same, and from there to Mme Teplakoff's, who is still ill. We...