I spent two hours weeping in the evening — I do not know if I shall be able to give a proper account.
It is not his fault, poor innocent body! You are innocent — and you are about to have proof of it.
Facciotti came and I took my first singing lesson. I made the sign of the cross inwardly and began, trembling.
Vile buttonhole gardenia You shall never be crowned *Rosière* For all that you may do, Wretched man, you will rot!
At eleven o'clock Katorbinsky came — my young Polish painting teacher — and with him he brought a model: a true Christ-like face, the lines and...
Here is the letter to Andriot — I am obliged to repeat several things in it, being almost certain that the Surprising One has not read his letters,...
Today, at a quarter past ten, the two monks of Cimiez will present themselves at the Tower. I should like to see the Surprising One's face.
My aunt writes that Galula has shaved! To have nothing else to report!
We were speaking of the young men of Nice.
My aunt writes that Count Markoff has been to call on her. It pleases me to see that he continues to be civil — I was already afraid he might become...
Today Facciotti made me sing all my notes — I have three octaves minus two notes. He was astonished; as for me, I am beside myself with joy. My voice...
"You are requested to deliver this letter to the wretched Émile. Health and Brotherhood. Dom Fabrice.
Last evening I did the cards and they foretold unpleasantnesses — a vexation on account of a meeting with an old man or a churchman. And on the...
I am making myself a large white garment for the house — for the spring in Nice — and I am sad; I am bored in Rome; it seems to me it is already time...