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Queer mechanical work, ― this journal writing.

At 6 fine ― [but slept].1

At 8 rain. 10 cloudy. 12 dark.

& thence to 5 frightful outpouring rain. J. Gibbs, & Capt. Gibbs came. ― & ― I think, no one else, till Mrs. George Clive & Ansibilla ― who staid a long time 4 to 6. ― & are a comfort, ― being kindly, & reasoning, & well-informed, & well-bred, & feminine, ― besides well-looking. ―

At 6.30 I called on 2 or 3 or 4 places ― but came back at 8 ― & dined on cold beef & beer.

Wet nearly all day. ―

(X12)

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

  1. Lear wrote “stepl.” [↩]