Tuesday, 20 April 1880

An improvised luncheon, most merry. Mme Gavini returning from a wedding, Saint-Amand, Mme de Bailleul, and Soutzo. Saint-Amand is very excited; he tells me he will make me all the rage.
In the evening to Rigoletto: Mme Gavini, Dina, I, Saint-Amand, and Soutzo. Saint-Amand is wild on the way home — he holds my hands, declaims verses, and calls me his child.