Wednesday, 4 December 1878

Berthe and her husband dine with us. The famous Lancaster looks just like every other Englishman in the world: chestnut-haired, medium height, side whiskers and moustache. Kind grey or green eyes, etc.
I believe he is an excellent man, and I do not recognise in him at all that hero, and above all that man about town... Filippini came in the evening.
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Notes

In French in the original: viveur. ↩