Sunday, 19 November 1882

A visit from Saint-Amand, who is quite beside himself at seeing us again and is full of a thousand schemes for the new Hôtel Rambouillet of the rue Ampère. The greatest artists, the aristocracy, the world of letters! On the inaugural evening, an unperformed play by a young author will be staged, and it will establish our place in the literary world... In short, a thousand follies... It will be the only thing that matters...

Notes

Saint-Amand: Arthur-Léon Imbert de Saint-Amand (1834–1900), writer on the court of Versailles and friend of the family (see 22 February 1881). ↩
The Hôtel de Rambouillet: the 17th-century Paris salon of the Marquise de Rambouillet (1588–1665). ↩