Could not rise for Gk. lesson. ― Rose at 8½ ― Unwell & miserable. ― Letter from Ann, ― very unsatisfactory ― Sarah not returning &c. ― Miss James & party ― came. ― Went to Macphersons: ― very bad accounts of public affairs, in Tuscany, Sardinia, & elsewhere. Talk with P. Williams. ―

Dined at 4. ― Later came the Sandbachs, ― & Edgar Drummond, with whom I walked till 7. Cloudy & scirocco. ――  In the evening came P. Williams.

Worked very little all day.

[Transcribed by Marco Graziosi from Houghton Library, Harvard University, MS Eng. 797.3.]