Wednesday, 4 July 1883

And it appears he does not know Bastien — the architect who came today does not know him. Jules is in Chantilly for eight days; they are both coming from the seaside.

I went to the Consulate to have inheritance documents legalised.

I scraped off two heads in the picture to redo them entirely, and I feel better for having destroyed those proofs of my incapacity...

Ah!... I try to find what wish was to accompany this sigh. The most pressing thing would be to have finished this picture; then I would dearly like...! a heap of things...

1 — Rollinat: macabre, fantastical, epileptic, neurotic, and modern! modern!