Absolutely pouring rain till 10 ― then dark gloom, & wet more or less till 6: then half an hour’s sun ― & rain again!! ―

Letter from Ann ― I think somehow better.

― Mrs. Greville Howard ― very nice & kind & I will go if possible next week.

― [pm] F.L. who writes from Berwick: he only comes here Nov.br 1. ―

So I sate down to breakfast not over beaming. At 10 Dickenson took away Gibbs’ Cerbara ― so goes that! & I went & saw it hung at 24 Mount St. ― Returned ― arranged Sicilian drawings of 1842, & worked at sheep in the Nuneham picture from 2 to 7.

At 5.30 J.B.E. came & sorted drawings: & went at 7. At 8 I dined alone on cold beef: & 9 to 10.30 penned out.

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