Tuesday, November 23, 1830

1830 November

Tuesday 23

(Got up at)  6 50/.. /  (Went to bed at)  12 50/..

Out at 7 40/.. Walked up and down the Terrasse d’Eau (Tuileries Gardens), looking at and saying by heart French vocabulary. A slight shower sent me home.

Came in at 9 35/.. Dressed.  Breakfast.  Stood reading Horace’s Satire V Liber 1. 

At my desk at 11 1/4. In explanation of George’s tiresome blundering, wrote the following to Lady Stuart:

‘My dear Lady Stuart,

By one of those unaccountable blunders which George perpetually makes when anything is told him in French, he would persist in it, that the message was, you would come chez moi at 9 yesterday evening.  I concluded you were going out, and would call for a little while en passant.  The mistake was a real disappointment to me.  I shall take my chance tomorrow morning of finding you at home or not, determined not to believe, till it is impossible to do otherwise, the report which, if true, will grieve me more than I can describe.  Heaven grant that the good of our country may be aided even by those means which seem to some of us the least likely to answer such a purpose! Believe me, my dear Lady Stuart, ever very truly yours A Lister – Tuesday morning 23 November.’ This note was rough, written on going to bed last night.

Sent my note to ‘the Lady Stuart de Rothesay’ and at 3 kind little note in answer, regretting the mistake.  Had Mr. Frisell to meet me.  Begging me to go tomorrow. They know nothing about the reports. Dear Miss Lister, I had hoped to see you and had provided Mr. Frisell to meet you and quite regret the mistake.  Pray come tomorrow morning. We know nothing of the newspaper rumours.  Ever yours in haste, E S de R.

In the evening, another little note.  Dear Miss Lister, I think if it should be the same to you, I shall be more sure of being found at five o'clock tomorrow than earlier in the day, as I must go out sooner than usual.  Very truly yours, E Stuart de Rothesay, Tuesday night.

Delighted that the Stuart de Rothesays know nothing officially of the reports of their going away.  Hastened to tell my poor aunt, who could not sleep, and had a bowel complaint about it last night.

When George returned at 3, he brought the parcel of seed the Hières gardener sent me with Lady Stuart de Rothesay’s plants – merely acorns of the kermes, evergreen, and cork oak.

Between 11 40/.. and 4 3/4, writing out private journal.  Afterwards cutting open Constable’s Miscellany.  Dinner at 6.  Came to my room at 7 55/.. Asleep.

Madame de Hagemann came to my room at 9.  Staid tea, and till 11 40/..  I was 1/4 hour before going into the salon to her, but very civil and really always glad to see her for her society is certainly an improvement upon my aunt’s being alone with me. Staid up talking to my aunt till 12 1/4 about all the people who had ever slighted me in former days etc. etc. I might well say the stone the builders have rejected etc. etc. etc. Fine day.


WYAS Finding Number SH:7/ML/E/13/0111


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