Thursday 24th (24th August, 1876)

The Duke of Meiningen dines with us; he has conferred a decoration upon Frau Materna. In the evening, a great reception at our house; Saint-Saëns plays. Marie Dönhoff and her mother, Madame Minghetti,^[1] are present, the latter very gifted.

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^{[1] Mme Minghetti, Mother of Countess Dönhoff and wife of the Italian prime minister Marco Minghetti.}