Saturday, 5 April 1879

Robert-Fleury is ill — he barely gave critiques; besides, what I had done was not remarkable.
Sarah wants to reconcile me with Breslau — I raise objections, but at heart I would be glad of it.
Breslau, Maria the Italian, her friend, and Sarah and Schaeppi share a small lodging in Les Ternes — and that would be a precious refuge for me.
The artificial greenery on the mantelpiece caught fire from the blue candles and the mirror cracked... But misfortunes do not come because mirrors crack — it is mirrors that crack because misfortunes... are coming; and so instead of crying out at it, one ought to be grateful for the warning.
Maman called on the Gavinis, the Karageorgevitches, and the Goldsmids.