Dry, cold ― East Wind ― gray. ― Rose at 9. Ἐὰν δὲν εἶναι τοῦτο χειμῶν, τὶ εἶναι;1 C. Fortescue came at 10 ― breakfast ― pleasant: ― he is always absolutely kind & solidly good. Exit at 12.30. At 1 came J.B. Edwards ― & thence we walked out, making calls I ― & […]
X Gray dark cold ― but dry. ― Letters from J. Edwards, Mrs. H.J. Hunt, & C.F. Ellen N. & Mrs. Cheales: ― All day till 3 sorting letters. What memories! Went out ― feeling better abdominally, on account of the belt. ― Called at Sir R. Bethells ― & saw Mrs. Abrahams & afterwards, […]
XX Finer=cold. No good accounts of the Beadons. …… Sorted letters ―― what affection in all her life! ― At 3 or 4 Rose came; ― he examined & pummelled & what-notted me ― & says there is no rupture; but a bad strain, wh. will ― in all probability come right. At 5 I […]
The same bright clear cold. ― Left kind dear Mrs. Empson, & good Arthur at 10.15 ― a happy & pleasant visit. At Stratford Place by 2 or 3 ― & busied myself in getting the back room feasible. But, in doing so, ― I found more pain & inconvenience brought back, & I wrote […]
Very fine ― but cold E. wind. How old! ― Health better somewhat: ― great inconvenience & weight in the Abdomen still ― but hardly any pain: ― & no stoppage. Breakfast with Arthur. Letters from Mrs. Husey Hunt ― ― (answered) S.F. Widdrington ― very nice (answered) James Edwards ― (answered) & wrote also […]
A fine day ― bright, ― but with cold East wind. Rose at 8. Breakfast with Arthur. Inside better. Wrote 6 letters. ― At 12 walked with A. to Bathwick Hill, & round, home. ― Lunch. C. Empson there. Δὲν μ’ ἀρέσκει ἐκεῖνος: ἀλλὰ δὲν ἐξεύρω τὸ διατὶ.*1 Later, Mrs. E. A. & I ― […]
Dull & [soppy]=gray at Torquay: ― but brighter as Devonshire was farther away. At 10 Bus to Rail ― Ticket to Exeter. (Torquay I only should care to revisit to see from afar ― never to live in.) At Exeter, took ticket to Bath ― & was mostly alone to Bristol, where I took out […]
Wet, till 12, cloudy afterwards. Rose at 9.30. ― Breakfast. ― Having taken medicine, I couldn’t go out early. ― At 12.30 went up & down & came back: poi, walked below the Rock of Florence Villa, & went over it. & again to D.J. Duncan’s ― “Le chalet ―” where I had called previously. […]
Very fine, grayish, pleasant, but with that cold East Wind! Down at 9. The garden & the Peacox. ― Breakfast, with Archer, who is a delightful boy. Kind clear Mrs. Clive also came, & Mildmay & Sybella, & darling little Kathleen ― who says she will go to Timbuc with me in 20 years, “if […]
Fine ― but cloudy. A particularly pleasant day: ― rose at 9. Breakfast ― Mildmay is a far nicer fellow than he seems at first. Made a plan for haninging the Drawng-room pictures. ―Lunch. ― Afterwards ― walked with Mrs. Clive all about the pine=avenue, Yatton chapel &c. &c. The place is ˇ[as] truly beautiful, […]
