Monday, 4 June 1883

Here is the letter to Alice.
I tell Claire about it in brief when she comes to ask for some information; they leave tomorrow morning. I asked her whether Alice had said nothing about our coolness; it seems she said only that I am infatuated with Bastien and that I bore her a grudge because she would not dine with the aforesaid Bastien at our house. So here is the letter, [letter missing]
How hot it is!