Monday, 28 June 1880

The reply to Soutzo is quite an undertaking... I have labored furiously over my arguments; if he were my equal he would understand an improvisation, but that creature. And is he worth the trouble? More no than yes. But my arms ache from handling the clay and I am indisposed; how to occupy the leisure that fatigue creates?
My aunt went to Saint-Cloud with Mme Engelhardt.