Tuesday, 21 September 1880

Kaverine and his wife dine with us.
And dear Berthe came to call. Seeing her walk in, I felt like throwing her straight out, but thinking better of it, I said hello and we embraced. She stayed a long time and told me she had been near death at Dieppe and never went to the Casino nor anywhere else... This is to soften the effect of Le Gaulois's piece about young Blanc.