Gk lesson. ― [Bright ], finish day. ― Worked all day long at Mr. Sandbach’s Παντοκράτωρα ― & seemed no nearer its conclusion at 6½ P.M. than at 9 ½ A.M. ―

“Ἐδούλευσες δι’ ἐξ ἡμέρας ―”1 said Giorgio. ――

Only Mr. Hay called: he leaves Rome tonight.

― The K. of Naples is Dead.2 ― At 7 dined with Stansfeld ―very pleasantly ―: good music between us both. ― Home by 11¼.

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

  1. You worked for six days [↩]
  2. Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies, who actually died on 12 May 1859. [↩]