Monday, 21 June 1880

The amusing thing is Le Figaro reporting that the Cassagnac family gathered for the baptism at the Chateau de Garges (Seine-et-Oise) at the home of M. Couvelet, the father-in-law of M. de Cassagnac. Really, these Couvelets and these Acards and that sordid marriage... ugh! This demolishes the idol rather thoroughly.
We went from shop to shop from three until seven o'clock with Mme Gavini. Now that Soutzo is gone, those incredible evenings of a recluse in the middle of Paris begin anew!
Madame Randouin has had a baby boy for a week now; we went to see her. The husband is very pleased. They say the child is M. Delattre's. The lovely Odette did everything she could to make her fortune and did not succeed.
The Randouins are in financial straits despite being surrounded by luxury and elegance.
Well, I find it unfortunate to achieve nothing when one has made every sacrifice.
What calm. One devours seven or eight newspapers and then... but it is not the newspapers I need; I need those who write them, those about whom they write, all of that, life... and here I am dead at home.