Saturday, February 9, 1833

1833

February

Saturday 9

8

12 1/2

Fine, mild morning –

Both of us perfectly quiet last night and this morning.  No sign that things had ever been different –

Miss Walker had a very good night, but low, as usual, this morning.  I down to breakfast at 9 5/.. – All out at 11 1/2 – 

Miss Walker I left Miss Rawson at Lower brea to walk a little more and then meet us at the hut – but we missed her – Took Miss W-  across the fields into the Godley road and along the deep cutting to the house – where she made her visit to my aunt from 1 to 1 3/4, except the 10 minutes she was in my room.

Perfectly quiet while I got the purse and her seventh of November promise, to be burnt at her request tonight.

Returned with Miss W- by my walk – A few minutes in the hut, and at Lidgate at 2 3/4 – Sat with them during dinner and waiting the post – 2 letters for Miss W- from her sister – the last of the 6th instante mense to say Captain Sutherland would leave home on Wednesday and be at Lidgate on Friday next, and wished to be off the next morning – Miss Rawson to stay till Friday morning –

What a godsend to have things settled well.  There is at last a prospect of my being free of all this once again.

Walked with Miss W- almost to Cliff hill – Left her at 4 55/.. and came home by my walk to see John about holing for another large holly bush just above the Calf Croft pit hill –

Came in at 5 3/4 – Wrote the above of today and the last 4 lines of yesterday and just saw my aunt and father and sister and off again to Lidgate at 6 50/.. and there in 25 minutes –

Dinner – tea – Came to my room at 11 10/.. –

Then above half hour in Miss W’s room, hesitating whether to burn the purse or not, she not liking to see me do it. At last threw it into her fire, purse and yes in it. I glad enough to get rid of anything like a tie.  She seemed after all very composed after it, and I went quietly back to my room.  

Very fine, mild day –


WYAS Finding Number SH:7/ML/E/16/0016

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