Saturday, 7 December 1878

Today is the invalidation of the Duc Decazes. We all go, with Paul and Gavini, who joins us at the exit and with whom we travel.
Politics is as addictive as gambling, but a hundred times more passionate — even for women.
This devil of a Clémenceau is not as stupid as the Bonapartists look.
I shall try through Gavini to cultivate acquaintance with the Left, and I shall propose to her laughingly to do a little spying... why not?