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11 June . In the last few days I have become quite intimate with Lukomski . He is not so self-contained and melancholy as he used to be . Yesterday , towards evening , he came to see me ; we went out for a walk as far as the Thermes of Caracalla ; then I asked him to come back with me , and he stopped until midnight . I had a long talk with him , which I note down , as it made upon me a certain impression . Lukomski seemed a little ashamed of the exhibition of feeling he had made near `` The Dying Gladiator ; '' but I led him on and gradually came to know the man as he really was . As we were growing very friendly I ventured to remark , -- `` Excuse the question , but I can not understand why a man so fond of domestic life has not taken to himself a companion .