Saturday, 31 May 1879

Yesterday I sent Madame de Lesseps a calling card with these words: "with a thousand thanks for the kindness Madame de Lesseps showed yesterday to her daughter." Saturday.
And today we received two cards from the Count and Countess de Lesseps — the first with a simple "will be at home," etc., and the other: "thank Madame Bashkirtseff for the charming visit of Mademoiselle Bashkirtseff and would have come with pleasure but having their day engaged they hope to be more fortunate next week." So that is done then.
We have few visitors. Madame Gavini, Jeanne, and Multedo — very sad. As Madame Gavini is unwell we go to see her this evening, and her doctor speaks of Cassagnac with Gavini, and it always affects me somehow.
I have just re-read the correspondence with the five women... I would like to write the same letters to Gambetta, for example, to see what difference there would be... Yes, poor Cassagnac... that is to say, it has often happened to me before to re-read other pages and to be moved by other memories than these ones, and so I say nothing.