Wednesday, 4 July 1883

And it appears he does not know Bastien; the architect who came today does not know him. Jules is at Chantilly for eight hours; they are both just back from the seaside.
I went to the Consulate to have inheritance papers legalised.
I scraped out two heads in the picture to redo them entirely, and I feel better for having destroyed those proofs of incapacity...
Ah!... I am trying to find what wish was to go with that sigh. The most pressing would be to have finished this picture; then I should very much like...! a heap of things...