Diary of Marie Bashkirtseff
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Wednesday, 24 October 1877

Berthe announces her return to Paris. Well — what more can I tell you? Blanc called on us.
For the evening session we have a young woman not badly made.
At moments Breslau recalls Larderei in a striking manner.
Monsieur Robert-Fleury came last evening and said it was a pity I was absent, since I was one of the most industrious. In short, Monsieur Julian conveyed this to me in a rather flattering manner. It is already very flattering that my absence should be remarked upon by a professor like Monsieur Robert-Fleury.
At last! When I think that I could have been working for five years at least, at least... and I think of it always!
Last evening Maman went to the Baroness Lisinger's. They were gambling. That scoundrel Souvoroff asked why the young ladies had not come. That scoundrel thought she could have young ladies cheaply, to better disguise the purpose of these evenings. That scoundrel was mistaken.