Sunday, 30 March 1884

Church, the Bois, Saint-Amand, Gavini — Saint-Amand sings Italian opera; we bring him to the Gavinis’...
Then a visit to Boulanger, who promises to do what he can to secure a good placement. Damnable misery!
He says they gave number 1s to very bad things...
Dreaming of medals and having to scheme just to be well placed...
Oh! But why did all those confounded creatures say it was so good!
Franceschi said medal. Emile Bastien said medal. A sculptor and an architect. Curse it! Yes, but they are artists all the same, and the architect is a painter — and besides, when one is the brother of a man like Jules...
Well, I have promised a hundred and fifty francs to the paint supplier to bribe the employees who hang the canvases.