Wednesday, 16 October 1861
Dark ― fog. ― No letters.
Worked a little at the Thebes ― & put in the Duck. After which, a frightful fit of indigestion, & blackness, followed by (XX7) ―sleep & total eclipse. ――
But, apart from health, how is it possible to sit to work in a dark room?
At 5 I walked to Brompton & dined with the G.A.C. family, tired ill & sleepy.
[Transcribed by Marco Graziosi from Houghton Library, Harvard University, MS Eng. 797.3.]