Saturday, December 10, 1831

 1831 December

Saturday 10

8 1/2

12 25/..

Up at 7 10/.. with bowel complaint as if having taken strong medicine – Then went to bed again for an hour. Dressed leisurely feeling uncomfortableness amounting to slight pain in my bowels, unusual with me on any occasion –

F 62° in my room and fine now at 9 50/.. – Fine mild morning – Rain in the night and between 7 and 8 this morning –

Went downstairs at 9 55/.. – Breakfast – Took only a mouthful of brown bread and 2 cups of tea, feeling not inclined for anything –

Miss Hobart rather kinder in her manner than usual? On my begging  for a little law at breakfast this morning, she really did seem to feel it, and said that seemed like scolding her in a kind manner. Disclaimed all such intention. She said she did not see much of me. I quietly observed, people might think it very dull for her, and that she was terribly left alone but that I did it because I knew she liked it better. Otherwise I certainly should not  leave her quite so much.  She then said, but kindly enough, well, she would not say anything to make her have fewer hours to herself.  I was a perfect model now. I had done enough. She did not wish me to do any more to get over my fancy for her.  I merely said in answer a civil, Oh no. Perhaps after all she may care the more of the two by and by. I hope it. I am much cured at heart –

Came to my room at 10 3/4, resolving to remain there quietly all the day – An hour reading the paper – Then wrote the above of today till 12 1/4 – Then till 6 25/.. (except walking about my room every now and then and downstairs with Miss H- from 3 1/2 to 4), at my private accounts and much Time spent turning to my journal –

At 1, took 2 tablespoonsful of Miss H-’s castor oil, feeling my bowels still uncomfortable – and at one and fifty minutes had a largeish, Very loose motion shewing that the oil had gone through me, seeing the grease floating on the motion –

At 6 1/2 dressed – Down at 7, dinner at 7 1/4 – Music – I lay on the sofa 1/2 asleep till 10 – From then to 11 5/.. won one hit at backgammon and lost another –

Came upstairs at 11 25/.. – Tolerably fine day, tho’ occasional showers, and raining now and some time ago tonight – F 63° in my room (fire all day) at 11 1/2 p.m. and F 54° out in the balcony now at 12 tonight –


WYAS Finding Numbers SH:7/ML/E/14/0161 and SH:7/ML/E/14/0162

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