Wednesday, 9 April 1879

Maman met him today, quite alone, as usual since his marriage; he greeted her very amiably. Old beast — perhaps he thinks of me as I think of Multedo.
Long ago I promised to sit for Anna Nordgren; this week I keep my word. I sat, and made the acquaintance of the famous (at Julian’s) Amanda Sival, who won a medal at the atelier for a painting, is fairly well known in Sweden, and has exhibited at the Salon. As for Anna, as you know, she had a picture at the Universal Exhibition, in the Swedish Fine Arts section.
Still, one cannot deny that Cassagnac has modelled himself on the heroes of Dumas père.
Perhaps I have bad taste.