Wednesday, 9 April 1879

Maman encountered him today — quite alone, as usual since his marriage — and he greeted her very pleasantly. Old beast — he perhaps thinks of me as I think of Multedo.
A long time ago I promised to sit for Anna Nordgren — this week I make good on it. I sat for her and met the celebrated (at Julian's) Amanda Sival, who won a studio medal for a painting and is fairly well known in Sweden, and who has exhibited at the Salon. As for Anna, she had, as you know, a painting at the Universal Exhibition in the Swedish Fine Arts section.
One cannot altogether deny that Cassagnac has modeled himself on the heroes of Dumas père.
I may have bad taste.