At quarter to twelve we have an audience with the Pope. On the Via Condotti, Domenica notices she has forgotten her rosaries, and we turn back to...
Visconti came in the morning to say that this evening's soirée has been postponed, and in its place he proposes an invitation to a ball at the German...
Today is the great day — today Vigier sings in *Faust*. Today the Cercle de la Méditerranée is in all its splendour.
Poor Galula — Troili, I mean — returning with his letter, he found all the shutters closed.
At quarter to twelve we go to the Vatican again.
At last I have seen him!
At the Capitol, this evening there is a grand dress ball — costumed and masked — in aid of someone or something.
I dreamed of Audiffret, and before going to our balcony on the Corso we exchange our impressions of last night.
I get up with a violent headache — but truly, a headache is a pleasure once a year; a headache has its charm, from time to time.
Since morning I have been upset in every possible way. First, Maman has a terrible nervous attack. Dina shrieks and maddens me. By three o'clock...
I went out in the morning with Lola to buy the costumes; and at three o'clock, Dina, Lola, and I entered the Corso in a wide calèche, dressed in...
I was about to begin the account of this great day when I was interrupted by the arrival of Visconti, who shows himself more and more a man of the...
Yesterday Besnard called on us. Last night we went to see the fair at the Piazza Navona, in the carriage and masked. Walitsky was with us. I adore...
Today there is only the gala promenade; we were at the Villa Doria, the Pincio, and the Corso. Bruschetti, in [words blacked out: a demi-]*Daumont*,...
I did not close an eye — the cut finger made me suffer horribly. I get up at three in the afternoon, exactly like Antonelli. At four o'clock we...
What is the matter with me that I keep dreaming of the Pope? Two nights in a row. Yesterday I saw a well covered with white foam, but water gushed...
Going out onto the balcony on the Corso, I find all our neighbours at their posts and the carnival very lively. I look down, across the street, and I...
As it is the last day, we go out early.