Cedars. 16th Day

Very cold ― & mostly gray ― but dry. ―― Rose at 7 & till 8.30 arranged rooms. Letter from C. Newton.

By 10.30 was at work again on the Cedars ― & to do the sky all over ― took me till 4: ― the darkening the sky improved all ― as Daddy predicted.

Walked from 4 to 5.15. ― Then wrote.

Don’t like the cold ― tho’ I only suffer cutaneously as it were. Mr. W. Tottie & the 2 Raleighs are come ― which I am glad of. ―

Dinner ― lively & pleasant. The Swedish V. Consul is a well-informed man & jolly. Jones ― indefinite. & the 2 little Melbournes.

Afterwards, as they kept sitting on, I said I would come to the smoking room ― & did so: & staid till 11.

M. Huish the director was there. ………

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