“Can you believe that you are....
“Out of fashion?
“Good-night.”
“2nd November.—Day of the dead, and, when one is dead, one is dead for a long, long time.”
To H. Ferrand.[34]
“22nd October 1867.—Dear Humbert,—Here is the letter you asked me to return. Only a line to-day as I took laudanum last night and have not had time yet to sleep it off. I had to get up this morning to do some necessary business.
“So now back to bed. A thousand greetings.”
To M. Edouard Alexandre.
“St Petersburg, 15th December 1867.—Dear friends,—How kind of you to send me your news; it seems neglectful of me not to have done the same ere this.
“I am loaded with favour by everyone—from the Grand Duchess down to the least member of the orchestra.