Supper didn’t agree with me. ― Rose late. ― Newspaper ―: the Austrians really seem to be about to go out of Italy altogether, Pavia, Lodi & Piacenza all evacuated! ― French landing near Trieste. ― Demonstration at Rome. ― Metternich dead. W.H.E. off at 10 to fetch his boys. ― I & Mrs. Empson […]
Finer. Rose, not very early, but I read over a great deal of the Mt. Athos tour in bed. ― Prayers, breakfast, & mirth, & W.E. & I walked a bit of the way to Embley: I all the way. A beautiful depth of greenness is this country. What trees & flowers! ― Pleasant breakfast […]
[gr.] ― Slept long ― woke at 7. The day is gray & [calm] dull ― o how dull! ― To day ― & next Sunday I shall submit to the A. creed ― wicked as it is in itself. It is a penance for me ― but better men go through it. ―― I […]
Misty & gray. Rose pretty early. E.T. at breakfast. Talk of the T.s ― & others. ― At 8½ went away in a fly. The 2 darling boys & their mother are as perfect a lot as can be: altogether the recurrence of regret when I leave Faringford makes me see that I like it […]
X8 ― All gray, wintery, & windy. ― How dim a life is all this I am now leading. I wrote to P. Williams, & to Edwards. Rain. ― Newspapers. ― Emp.or L.N. at Milan! Letters from Mrs. Bell, M. Hornby, (with a Memoir of Mrs. J.H. ―) & Nicholson, of Lewes ― with Photographs. […]
Rose at 5½ or 6 ― fine again, but windy. Wrote. Mr. Evans went. ― Changed room. ― Writing &c. Letters from C.F. C.M.C. ― Lady Young, & Mrs. Empson. Walked with A.T. & alone to Aston Down. ― That clear down, with its sheep & furze, and the pale Faringford Cliffs beyond is lovely. […]
Rose at 5. finished the Albanian 1857 journal ―: made 2 drawings for the boys ― & wrote to Ann, Mrs. Macbean, ― G. Bethell ― & W.H. Hunt, the 2 last after breakfast ― in answer to letters. ― Beautiful day. Breakfast not very pleasant, the dear little boys fidget me ―― wrote till […]
Rose at 5. Arranged things ― & wrote. A thick sea fog. ― Wrote journals ― as far as Tepelene. ― Breakfast (prayers first) & the 2 boys, very darling chaps indeed. Letter from Ann. ― French advanced to Milan. Wrote. ― Walk on downs with AT who read out the Lady of Astolât, ― […]
The same lovely weather. ― Packed & paid ― a 2nd letter coming from ET to say Alfred is not going up. Some ladies going to Freshwater offer to take me & luggage from Blackgang, ― So I walk by the beach cliff, which is all slipping into the sea, & up Blackgang chine to […]
Rose early & wrote Albanian journal. ― Letter from E.T. ― Alfred going up to town on Monday ― but she says, come ― so I had better go. Day, perfectly lovely, set out at 9 or 10 & walked slowly all along the cliffs ― civil nice children: very beautiful scenery. Came to Ventnor, […]
