Saturday, 9 November 1878

A shameful defeat! Not a medal at all. Which will let those imbecile women who are talented and didn't even compete crow triumphantly.
So — we have one year. All this to announce to you with great pomp that I draw academic figures as well as Breslau; the masters told me so.
Do you know what people are saying? "They say they are marrying you off..." That first; and then that Popaul is separating from his strange wife.
"Hmm... not exactly — but it is an interesting face."
"She resembles Cardinal Antonelli," added Gavini.
"Oh! She is not old," said I. "Twenty-eight or twenty-nine at most — perhaps less. You know how quickly Italian faces fade."