Saturday, 1 February 1862
Lovely, & calm morning ― & all day through.
Painted at Corfu. A.
Removed all things out of the back room, & the Bedroom things with it ― turning the Bedroom into a “Showroom.[”]
Read Turner’s life.
Count G. Henckel v. Donnersmarck came ― returned from Alex.dria; ―― & brought letters from the Saunders: ― ― he is a bore.
Everything is a bore.
Did not go out.
Dined at 7 ― & penned till 10.30.
The wretched Mrs. Craven has played 75 variations till I was nearly crazy ― & now the Maudes are making a mad pothouse above me.
[Transcribed by Marco Graziosi from Houghton Library, Harvard University, MS Eng. 797.3.]