Friday, 14 December 1877

Pierre, who has been sent for from Nice to nurse Grand-papa, has arrived. This intelligent servant, having hoisted his trunk on his shoulders, made straight for the Trocadéro the Exposition under construction, as the place where he would be given the best information about Madame Romanoff’s address, although he had it in his pocket.
At the Trocadéro no one knew Madame Romanoff, and he decided to take a cab while cursing the stupidity of Parisians.
“In Nice anybody you meet knows these ladies.”
We have engaged a Black woman — I greatly enjoy being waited on by Black people.

Notes

On Black servants as a mark of fashion, see the note at 053/1876-01-30. ↩