Monday, 26 March 1883

We went — Maman, Alice, and I — to be photographed at Benque's, to have portraits of the same size as those of the Maréchale and her daughter. The five portraits will be placed under a very simple Russian leather screen bearing Émile Bastien's monogram, and it will be offered to him after the lessons.
The idea is the Maréchale's and I find it very delicate. All the more so since the table screen is very, very simple — the portraits are everything; that poor fellow cannot be offended.