Tuesday, 21 April 1874

Yet another scene over Geneva. Oh, how they irritate me, and how happy I shall be when I live as I please, without all these petty annoyances that sour the temperament and disgust one with everything! How they make me unhappy.
Involuntarily I sighed these words: Oh, I, XXX, come and take me from here, quickly, for I am very unhappy -- tear me from all these petty sorrows that are killing me! I do not know to whom I was addressing myself... why lie to oneself? I was addressing myself mechanically to the Prince of Wittgenstein. I did not want to say so, because it is stupid and because later I shall be ashamed of these stupidities. I go out with my aunt and Dina; but I am bored -- there is no one, no one, no one. It is sad; I am falling asleep for the summer, as the serpents do for the winter.
Since it is too late for Geneva, Saturday I go to Paris (with God's help) with Maman, and in a month we shall be joined by the rest, wherever we pass the summer. In Paris, furniture is needed for my villa.
I have never seen anything more beautiful than the little daughter of Mme de Mouchy. She is an adoration! A future Obelisque. What a magnificent child. And she is quite adored by everyone.