Cima

M. Cima, a young man («the boy who lives with them», Marie's English of 1873) of the Sapogenikoff household, «celui de Genève»: Marie Sapogenikoff's sweetheart, talked of as her future husband. The Mon Journal t.4–t.7 indexes list «Cima (M.)» (t.1 pp.154–207; t.4 pp.184–336; t.6 pp.45–92; t.7 p.199). First name not found. 41 tagged paragraphs, 1873–1876.

Diary

• 1873-05-24 (005): «Mr Yourkoff with Alexis and Cima, the boy who lives with them, came to go to the circus with us.»
• 1875-01-22 (029.0014): Marie Sapogenikoff, sixteen, «est amoureuse de Cima, celui de Genève ... et on va les marier». Through January–February 1875 he rides with the girls and with Paul in carriages and carnival outings (029.0023–0120); on 1875-03-11 Marie teases her about «ses amours avec Cima» and she half-denies (030.0179, «le mariage Cendrillon»).
• 1875-10-05 (046): Marie predicts she will «épousera son Cima, qu'elle sera heureuse, mais qu'elle n'aura ni éclat ni grande richesse».
• 1875-10-17 (047): «Un traître abominable a voulu brouiller Cima avec Marie !» Anonymous letters signed «Georges» say she no longer loves him.
• 1875-10-21 (047): «Depuis deux mois, c'est-à-dire depuis que sa famille était arrivée du Mexique, Cima ne lui écrivait plus»; Marie advises her to break first. On 10-22 «cette folle de Marie qui croit au retour de Cima». The affair does not end in marriage as far as the diary shows.
• 1876-04-10 (057): he appears in one of Marie's dreams.

Kernberger (2013, glossary) has «Cima: boy who lives with the Sapogenikoffs».