Saturday, 1 February 1879

I may go to Naples for a fortnight with Paul. Princess Eristoff and her sister Gorpintchenko are there. I am stupefied, brutalized, lost — it may perhaps restore my spirits. What is the use?
Ah! This evening we laughed heartily at the Variétés — Le Grand Casimir with Léonce, Baron, Dupuy, and Céline Chaumont.