Monday, October 21, 1833

1833

October

Monday 21

7 20/..

11 10/..

Very fine morning, F 52° at 7 3/4 – Breakfast at 8 3/4 in 20 minutes –

Wrote and left for Thomas to take, note to ‘I H. Sieveking, Esquire, Nyhaven 32’ to ask him to send me any time today after 1 o’clock the value of £50 in 3 bills of 100 dollars each, and 5 or 6 dollars in copper marks, and the rest in small notes –

Out at 9 1/2 to 21 minutes (10 3/4) beyond the 1/2 mile stone in Amager (a good English mile beyond it, and back at 12 1/4 – Not very fine fine when I set off, but soon cleared and became fine and sunny – Got a good warming –

Found note from Lady Harriet asking me to go to the play tonight with her alone, and note that had come before Lady H-’s from Countess Blucher asking me to go with her and Miss Ferrall and take them up at 5 1/2 –

Changed my dress – Hurried, for Mr. and Mrs. Peter Browne came before I was ready, before one – she seems a nice good person – Anything but worldly in appearance or manner – No style and fashion – No society person – But I daresay will be very civil and attentive to me; and we shall get on together very well – Mr. B- will call on me again tomorrow – Thinks he has got a [2de?] for me – To talk of this and fix about the audience of the queen tomorrow –

Had sent Eugénie to Lady Harriet and Comtesse Blucher, answer back to take them all up at 5 1/2 at the Bluchers’ –

Mrs. Browne a quiet sort of person, not accustomed to the society of the great world.  She will not be above me in this respect.  I shall probably do very well.

Wrote out a little German translation – dinner at 4 in 50 minutes – dressed – off to Comtesse Blucher’s at 5 20/.. Waited there 5 minutes for Lady Harriet, so not in time for more than 1 frontplace, but changed afterwards, as soon as the play began, to the next box (that was luckily empty, and very well off – A small pièce of one act, and then Faust – Very well got up – The dancing very fair, but the women had such bad legs – Pretty little theater and well filled –

Set down Compte and Comtesse Blucher and Monsieur de Qualhen, and home at 10 1/2 – Very hot in the theater – it will be well if my cold is no worse –

Found the cards of Monsieur and Madame Hochschild (Swedish ambassador) and her sister ‘Mademoiselle d’Oxholm, Dame d’Honneur de S.A.R. [Son Altesse Royale} Madame la princesse Guillaume de Hesse’ –

Madame Hager had called and came upstairs just after I had left dinner to dress – Spoke to her thro’ the door, finding she was really in my salon to say how sorry I was not to be able to see her – Dressing for the play – She said she would come again – I said very civilly much obliged – I would certainly go and see her –

Fine day – F 55° now at 10 35/.. --

 

WYAS Finding Number SH:7/ML/E/16/0125

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