Diary of Marie Bashkirtseff

Notebook 047

October 1875 — October 1875

11 entries 11 translated

Main location: Nice

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What, one may wonder, do the letters H. G. t. D. O. H. signify?

Sun! We shall go to the concert then. Yes, sun — but cold, so cold that I put on a thick white wool dress [Crossed out: made as a dress] in the...

With my old grey felt I make myself a hat. The brim turned up slightly on each side, a silver clasp in front from beneath which spring two fine grey...

I was saying at tea that Gioia is beautiful by virtue of her surroundings: "No doubt she is tall, well built, admirably turned out, in a magnificent...

I even dreamed of him, this infernal Bibi!

— Marie, says Dina, coming into Maman's room, the windows of your lord and master are open.

I got up; at seven o'clock I was at Maman's. I feel on edge and fear I may weep at any moment. I should like to lie down somewhere and see no one.

*Bibi* rises with the same disposition as yesterday — she is a little sad. But after two minutes it is quite the reverse. She goes to the pavilion...

Bibi rises and draws the cards at once — and out comes a complete success. Bibi is enchanted, but Bibi is anxious: for several days she has been...

I rise early; I had to wait some time to know whether he was there. He has not left! But that is worse still, I said to myself, seeing the shutters...

I forgot to recount my dream of yesterday. I saw mice against which I set cats that smothered them; then these mice turned into serpents and...