Friday, 9 March 1860
Dinner from Spillmans.
Slept better, & woke less unwell. ―
Cloudy ― but finer, & with storms, & showers, & some sun, & some sleet, & much cold.
Worked at the 3 Cerbaras all day, except for ½ an hour at Macbeans.
No one came; no letters. Sat.day Review only.
At 5½ called on the Knights ― the 2 Bertie Mathews & Mrs. Caldwell there: ― Mrs. C. says Ancona & the Marches are all to be annexed.
Cold, raw, damp.
Dined alone. No one came: which enabled me to get on with a Jerusalem.
[Transcribed by Marco Graziosi from Houghton Library, Harvard University, MS Eng. 797.3.]