Rose at 6. Morning very bright & lovely. Wrote. And drew a few details on the Terrace.

Breakfast. Fortescue late. ― Church. ― This late breakfast & sudden Church sono da rovinarsi.1 ― It seems I am to stay on ― the 2 Miss Moneys ― Miss ’afryte & little Constance, my companions. ― ― Till lunch, gloom & cloud: ― & 2 as desolate almost as in Knowsley days: ― I walked to the Lock Bridge, & meadows, & half round the Park, ― Knowsley often in my memory. ― αλλαι ημεραι!2 ―― At 5 returned, & showed drawings to sundry. Then a short walk with 40scue ― but broken by rain. Dinner, Mrs. Malcolm, & Lady F.H. ― pleasant enough. Superb Lady Selina, how grand & charming! Evening sang. ― ― ―

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

  1. Wreck me. [↩]
  2. Other days (GT). [↩]