Monday, July 27, 1829

1829 July

Monday 27

(Got up at) 9 / (Went to bed at) 11 40/60

 

Dawdling – wrote out the 1st 15 lines of Saturday.  Breakfast at 10 55/60.  Rather feverish – my throat rather sore, as sore as yesterday and Saturday. 

At the Jardin des Plantes per fiacre in 26 minutes from the Boulevard at 12 10/60.  Mammifères still marsupiaux.  Lecture over in 1 5/60 hour at 1 25/60. 

Home in 32 minutes per fiacre at 2 2/60.  Had my hair done.

Perrelet came to wind up the pendules.  Settled with him – paid him in full, having bought the pendule on my bedroom cheminée at 170 francs.  To pay him 25 francs per annum for looking after the pendules, and to pay 15 francs a year for the loan of the pendule (price 140 francs) on the drawing room cheminée.

Sometime folding up a pound of Michels Little Prince of Wales biscuits (seeing how to make them least conspicuous) for Miss Hobart, then wrote a note.  Then, having mentioned the tickets for the séance at the institute on Friday that were originally intended for Lady Stuart and Miss Hobart, repented of this and wrote another note leaving out all about the séance.

Wrote and sent at 3 10/60 a parcel containing one pound Michel’s biscuits, which I promised yesterday, and the following note to ‘Miss Hobart’

‘Monday morning. Dear Miss Hobart, I shall be glad to hear you are not very much worse for all the fatigue you had yesterday and on Saturday, and should have sent my inquiries sooner, but George was not returned from looking after the carriage.  Excuse the multiplicity of papers in which the parcel is folded – it is merely to prevent the contents from being too evident.  I hope all the invalids are better. Ever truly yours, A.L.’

In about an hour the following answer from Miss Hobart:

‘Dear Miss Lister, How very good of you to think so much of me and do so much for me after my naughtiness as we came to the door yesterday.  I am quite rested today, and hope you are the same. I am going to eat of them directly.  I expect you will be so good as make out one of your pretty correct little accounts for me, of our expenses.  Your affectionate, V H’ 

Well, it seems she really did think afterwards of what she had said. I will bring her to yet.

I had sent George too to Drake’s for his bill.  Surprised and annoyed to find not a single expression of sorrow or civility to George about the breakage of the carriage wheel and 60 francs charged for the horses on Saturday and yesterday! 

Cottard the coachmaker happened to come in at the moment.  Shewed him the bill.  Said Drake ought to be ashamed of himself for sending in such a bill, that I should consult an advocate and lay it before a juge de paix.  But asked Cottard’s opinion, promising not to mention what he said.  Drake ought to pay for the repairs, but Cottard sure Drake did not know of the thing.  Had better write to him about it.  Said nothing of George’s having named the thing to both Mr. and Mrs. Drake, but wrote and sent the following a little before 6 to ‘Mr. Drake’:

‘Miss Lister wishes Mr. Drake to come and speak to her this evening, or any time tomorrow after 3 in the afternoon, Monday 27 July 1829.’

Mr. Drake will hear what the coachman has to say and come tomorrow evening.  But, said George, he is very civil now.  He and Mr. Drake are coming to. He says that as the coachman did not take the number of the cart, he must be obliged to pay. 

Dinner at 6 3/4. Came to my room at 8 1/2.  Before and after dinner, by bit and bit, wrote all but the 1st 15 lines of yesterday and wrote the 1st 36 lines of today.

Coffee at 9 1/2.  My aunt asked at dinner if I had sent the carriage to be altered, as she did not see it in the coachhouse and George had been out all the morning; never brought in her breakfast.  Then told her all about it.  He had been with the coachmaker to near Saint Cloud for the carriage, and would not get back before I went to the lecture.  Came to my room at 10 1/2.  Rain before I got up.  Gloomyish day but kept fair.

 

WYAS Finding Numbers SH:7/ML/E/12/0063 and SH:7/ML/E/12/0064