Tuesday, 10 July 1883

Modelling from eight till noon, painting from one till seven, and drawing in the evening. That is the life. For I must make a drawing for this M. de Bellina’s publication. The article in the Novoye Vremya has been reprinted in the South (the Russian one). That will set Poltava talking, no doubt, since they give my age as nineteen; they need only put the figure right; but had I said twenty-four, they would say twenty-nine.
If only, after ten or twelve hours of work, one were satisfied!! But no, I feel dreadful remorse; I am ashamed of the result and should like to start everything over again.
Well! If only it were leading somewhere!