Monday, 10 September 1883

Madame Hochon dines with her two children. Through her we shall obtain a subscription to the Italiens — and she is also a figure of artistic influence: daughter of M. Lefurel, architect of the Louvre, she knows all the artists, the great, the learned, and the powerful.
Furthermore received at the Orléans princes'… Very beautiful, very tall, and very wise.