Friday, 19 July 1878

The two princes still dine beside me but are mute.
I played roulette. I should not be complete were I not a gambler... if ever I am rich I shall go and play once for real.
If Paul de Cassagnac was cowardly enough to make the marriage they say, he will be quite capable of boasting about my letters... The idea has just come to me. He would thus take his revenge for the flattering things those letters contain.