Tuesday, 2 March 1880

This evening at the Italian Opera. Il Trovatore with Patti and Nicolini. One sympathizes with these lovers, but it is, I believe, because M. de Caux is a dirty gentleman.
We have Saint-Amand as our cavalier. Everyone in the house pays him some attention; he was the faithful, the greatest admirer of Adelina, and it is the first time since the war and her break with her husband that he hears her sing in Paris.
This Saint-Amand is a little touched, and it seems to me I have known him for ten years.
After the Opera we go home to have tea.