Tuesday, October 1, 1833

1833

October

Tuesday 1

7

12 55/..

Very fine morning. F 62° at 8 1/2 a.m. – At German – Breakfast at 9 50/.. in 3/4 hour.

Sat thinking of π [Mariana]! Let her take W.C. [Willoughby Crewe]. We should not be happy together now.  I have no confidence in her and she is vulgarish –

M. Christiani 6th Lesson from 11 to 12 20/..

M. de Hagemann seul called a little before one to take me to the picture gallery in the palace – Admission 24 schillings = 2 1/2 marks –  

About 900 pictures in 9 rooms – Very few of the Italian school – Many of the Dutch and Flemish schools – Saw none that I particularly liked except a madonna and a head of Xst [Christ] by Carlo Dolci, and the head of Leonardo da Vinci, and a sculptor’s studio at Rome, painted by a Danish artist of great promise who died last year at home – The perspective and painting excellent – Everything seems reality – The fir-wood boards of the floor are inimitable –

In the Gallery from 1 to 2 20/.. – Then M. de H- went with me to order a plate for my cards, Madame Lister, to be 5 dollars, and 100 plain white cards to be 14 schillings.

M. Christiani told me this morning that he taught Mr. Baker French (to speak very well) in 4 months – He, Mr. Baker, did not know one word of it before – His grand ball to the court and about 460 people at the hotel d’Angleterre did not cost quite 1700 dollars --  The master of the hotel and princess Christian’s maître d’hôtel arranged it all – A nosegay presented to each lady on entering –

Home at 2 3/4 –To dine at the de Hs’. today; a party, so dawdling and looking after things to put on –

Ordered a remise today, the 1st I have had --  Dressed – At the de H-s’ at 5 – Mr. Peter Brown[e] did not dine there as expected – but we had M. Sarmento, the Portugueze Chargé d’Affaires, and M. Arana, the Spanish ditto, and 2 Danish officers – Very nice dinner – The dessert, 4 dessert-dishes of fruit: apples, pears, green grapes from out of the garden and preserved barberries (that we gathered on Sunday), and all the rest handed round and not at all on the table except soup à lá Julienne at first – Roast beef, boiled turbot, mutton côtelettes covered with bread crumbs, vegetables, hare, apricot tart, cheese, and then butter – 2 common green bottles of claret, and 2 decanters of madeira, and 4 carafes of water on the table, but the Servant went round with the wine – Just before or after the hare, something in lemonade-like glasses handed round like rhum punch, neither Lady Hariett nor I took any – At dessert, some cakes handed round – Coffee immediately on leaving the dining room, then hoyan handed round (did not take any) –

The gentlemen staid till 8 1/2; very agreeable, which Lady Harriet had thought long – Tea on their going away – and read our letters. Lady H- had had one from Lady Stuart and I 3 pages and under the seal of 1/2 sheet (nice, kind letter) from Lady V- C- [Vere Cameron].  The Camerons likely to be at Whitehall next winter.  Joint concern with Lord Stuart going to Leamington to see his mother and sisters.

Lady Harriet took me to Madame Billé from 9 1/2 to 9 48/.. to return her visit of the other evening and then set me down at home at 10 – the open calèche – and I had no hat on – She evidently does not like Madame and seems, as Miss Ferrall told me, inclined to say not much good of the place, court, or people, but I shall never enter into it.   She says the people envy their being able to do more than the rest can.  I think she has a bad temper, and, after all, that the poor little man is the best of the two.  But she is all kindness to me.  She does not seem really happy.  Probably the fault is in herself –

At my German and wrote the last 19 lines till 11 55/.. Very fine day – F 62° at 11 55/.. p.m. --

WYAS Finding Numbers SH:7/ML/E/16/0117 and SH:7/ML/E/16/0118