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The 10th, Thursday.
The child was presented to the public officials, and his existence was officially attested. On returning from this ceremony, he was carried to the friends and neighbors curious to see him. All, no doubt, wished him happy days. May he in turn be benevolent and take an interest in the good of others!
11, Friday.
I thought of my own happiness, of the mother’s calm and peaceful state of soul and body, of the child’s sound and seemly form, which is a priceless good. Though born of a frail mother, he is strong enough. His constitution is sound. They would have lifted him from the ground in Lacedaemon. The child and the mother were well. After so many fears for both of them, fears so happily disproved, I said to myself: rejoice.
I stayed at home and walked in the little garden to gather myself in my joy.
Never was a delivery happier, or nursing less difficult.
The child does not seem ill-tempered.
The 12th, Saturday.
*** The gray bird in the woods of Chaumot.
The 13th, Sunday.
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The 14th, Monday.
The mother got up. She is very thin indeed. The child was feeding on her substance the whole time she carried him.
That day he opened his eyes more, and for longer than usual. He even seemed to want to smile when his aunt teased him.
27.
Nature suffices for it.
P[a]r[i]s. Two mountains face each other, and from one the other cannot be seen.
Perspective. — The convalescent is cheered by it. The anxious man is distracted by it.
Arabs. Alhambra. — How much the beauties of their cities made them love their country.
November 26.
On the last word. — The last word must be the last. It is like a final touch that adds its last shade to the color; nothing can be added to it.
Shade upon shade — thus color is formed.
Transparency upon transparency.
Books that nourish — or — that minds must be nursed at the breast.