Dina has lovelier hair than our *Dîna.* I arranged it to amuse myself and was quite transported by her blonde hair — the hair of Eve.
Last evening I was about to go to bed, but Pietro's letter lying on the table held me spellbound; I took it and pressed it violently to my lips.
Gradually, by the third course, a political discussion engulfed Hamsley and me. It lasted until half past two.
How far removed is life here from the frank hospitality of Étienne and Marie, who gave up their room to me and served me like slaves. But then it is...
I have written to Maman nearly as much as I write in my journal. It will do her more good than all the medicines in the world. I appear enchanted,...
At nine o'clock I was at my father's. I found him in his shirtsleeves, unable to manage his cravat. I tied it for him and kissed his forehead.
Miloradovitch and Michel left after lunch.
Country life is deadly dull.
I have grown as passionate about croquet as an Englishwoman. I battled Paul until nightfall, and I won.
My father was in Poltava until six o'clock; he was on duty. As for me, I attempted philosophy with the Princess, but it degenerated into a...
Yesterday I heard Paul say to Alexandre, indicating me with a glance:
Yesterday at eleven o'clock I received a large basket of pears. I thought it was from Miloradovitch. But no, it was only my uncle, who, having heard...
Paul, quite crestfallen, came to tell me that Papa did not want us to go and eat in the forest.
Once Alexandre and Kapitan had left, I painted, I played croquet and I lost two hundred roubles, which with the other hundred makes three hundred....
I played again. This systematic stupefying of the intelligence does not surprise me at all; the stakes were high, more than two thousand francs...