6/31 I assume that Carlotta has a heart, even if she is not possessed of a soul. As to the latter I am still in doubt. At all events I resolved to withdraw Carlotta from his influence, put her in fresh surroundings, and allow her to mix more freely among men and women, so as to divert and possibly improve her mind. Well, she is quite as profitable as collecting postage-stamps, or golf, or amateur photography. It is the mouth of a gorge in the midst of a cliff-bound coast. |