Diary of Marie Bashkirtseff
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Monday, 24 March 1879

We were to go to Versailles, but Gavini sends word that the session will not be interesting.
So I take my place at the studio, resolved to go to Versailles at two o'clock — but we miss the two o'clock and since the Basilewskys (whom I met in Nice) came to call on us yesterday, we go to visit them and stay very late; it is from there that I send this telegram:
Versailles, Chamber of Deputies, Monsieur Gavini de Campile.
Despite my absence, which I lament more than is reasonable, think of me — and do have some pink tickets ready, if you do not wish me to see life in darker colors. Too dark.
Accept, Monsieur le Député, my distinguished regards.
Marie Bashkirtseff.
You understand — there is a touch of Arnaud behind all this.