*Noël* — "O Holy Night, the hour is come," etc.
I drove out alone in a half-closed carriage, poorly dressed and torn apart by every anxiety in the world.
At last I went to church, with Dina (white dress).
They say Doria has arrived.
I was at the concert with my aunt and Markevitch, and had the displeasure of seeing that Italian in company with the Italian Somaglia — another...
I was alone in the carriage with Dina; the nauseating Italian passed by and looked straight at me, brazenly. I looked at him with contempt and,...
As I said, at half past ten I go riding with Foster; M. de Mauldre joins us near the public garden and we ride out to the Var. I ride Nesky — a...
The mad Gambart, or the idiotic Gambart, or the ill-mannered Gambart, or the impertinent Gambart — he came while I was having my morning tea. He...
I walked with Sabatini (white dress, white damask overcoat embroidered with gold — *fine*). There is not a soul worth paying attention to;...
"It nags at me and fills me with dread.
I am fresh and well (black jacket — good). It is grey and cool; everyone appears dull and chilly, like the weather.
On the quay we met Bihovetz with Walitsky. I believe the General is to marry Zoé Pelikan.
And I hope — this time with some reason — to leave on Sunday.
Nothing more charming than galloping along this climbing road — rocks on one side, and on the other a steep hillside peopled with villas, gardens,...
For a moment I was seized by terror, for all these people seemed to me to have lost their minds — and truly I think they had, at that moment.
I do not go to Laussel's, not having been able to prepare my lesson. I go out with Dina.
When shall I ever go to Paris! If only that she-devil Caroline will make me dresses. I saw a man so handsome that I leaned out of the carriage to...
My aunt has finished her questionnaires — and tomorrow, if God permits, we shall leave. Oh! happiness!
How I should love to do without these scenes — but the fact is, when I don't make one I get nothing.
At seven o'clock we are in Paris, at the Grand Hôtel — room 132, second floor.
All these things please me and I leave enchanted. Then to de Vertus: a white satin corset. And finally to Reboux: a grey felt hat with feathers —...
A drive in the Bois, and in the evening Offenbach's *Madame l'Archiduc* at the Bouffes-Parisiens.
But Duval does not fit me as I like — and I foresee dreadful things. God, have pity on me!
It is raining. I was bored for an hour at the deacon's.
I have ordered a white coat — an evening wrap.
I sat for Waléry: in my blue dress with my own hairstyle, and black satin shoes with openwork and Chinese-style points. I think it will be pretty.
Do you know the palace where he dwells, over there, The gilt-panelled halls and the beautiful stables? That draw me day and night As if holding out...