Wednesday, 9 February 1881

Mme de Brimont.
Here is an article by Popaul summarising a current affair — the Dugué case — and which moreover offers explanations of the said Popaul’s politics. Very worked up after my conversation with Julian, I am now much cooled down and no longer in a hurry to re-read my impressions to take stock...
Besides, I am absolutely absorbed by the picture. I am wearing out my youth in work — and why?

Notes

“Popaul”: Marie’s nickname for Paul de Cassagnac, editor of the Bonapartist newspaper Le Pays. ↩