Tuesday, 2 March 1880

This evening at the Italian Opera. Il Trovatore with Patti and Nicolini. One takes the side of these lovers, but that is, I believe, because M. de Caux is a nasty man.
We have Saint-Amand as our escort. Everyone in the house takes some notice of him; he was Adelina’s faithful, her greatest admirer, and this is the first time since the war and her break with her husband that he has heard her sing in Paris.
This Saint-Amand is a little touched, and I feel as if I had known him for ten years.
After the Opera we go home to have tea.

Notes

Marie writes Il Trovator. ↩