Thursday, February 7, 1833

1833

February

Thursday 7

Very fine morning, F 52 1/2° at 10 1/2, at which hour, breakfast – Had had Cordingley 1/2 hour cutting my hair –

Mr. Parker sent up Miss B. [Gorst]’s letter to Miss Bates, giving an almost hopeless account of Mrs. Veitch – Wrote note of compliments and thanks for my aunt and returned the letter –

Out at 11 1/2 – Some time in my walk, then with John getting up 2 thorns and large crab – and hazel bush, which were, after dinner (had Charles and James Howarth to help us), planted in Lower brook Ing over against the hut – Busy about these all the while I was out and did not come in till 6 –

Then Marian kept me talking above an hour – She had been at Lightcliffe – Mrs. William Priestley told her story about our misunderstanding – Sorry, but thought I, not she, ought to apologize, as, after all, she had said to me about not going into the forbidden room. (Marian said she was sure I had misunderstood her.) She wondered I should attempt it – I observed all this only made bad worse – I was sorry to find I had been so stupid and so impertinent at unawares – but if Mrs. William Priestley named the subject to me, she should now have apology enough – and so she shall – I will be the very pink of dignified civility –

Found note on my desk from Thomas Greenwood, sending me Seaton’s map of Palestine and book of Explanation to look at, and asking me to fix any hour today or tomorrow for him to come and for us to look over the farm – Desired John to call, and give my thanks for the map and say I would return it on Saturday and to say I had made Washington my Steward and Greenwood might see him on Saturday and appoint a time with him for their looking over the farm –

Dinner at 7 1/2 – Wrote the above of today – and read from page 147 to 164, Volume 2, Lyell’s Geology – Went downstairs at 9 35/60 – Read the Courier – Came upstairs again at 10 40/..,

at which hour, F 52° – Very fine, mild day –

WYAS Finding Number SH:7/ML/E/16/0015