Wednesday, 4 December 1878

An engraving showing Ingres and [blank in the manuscript] on the terrace of the Trinità dei Monti in Rome, with the cupola on the horizon — it literally made my hair stand on end.
Berthe and her husband dine with us. The famous Lancaster looks like an Englishman like all the Englishmen in the world: chestnut-haired, medium height, side whiskers and mustache.
I believe he is an excellent man — and I cannot at all reconcile him with the hero, and above all with the viveur, I had been led to expect...