Sunday, 4 February 1883
It has subsided a little today. We go to church.
C'est un peu passe aujourd'hui, nous allons a l'eglise.
Mme Kanchine comes around four o'clock and we take her to the Bois and then to the Jides', the Sonis'... Mme Kanchine is an old sharp-tongued woman with a blonde wig whose eldest daughter has just married and who has another daughter, young and insignificant.
Mme Kanckine vient vers quatre heures et nous l'emmenons au Bois...
She is a somewhat eccentric woman, and above all intelligent, seeking to live in an intelligent circle.
C'est une femme extravagante un peu et surtout intelligente et recherchant a vivre dans un milieu intelligent.