Saturday, April 3, 1830

1830

April

Saturday 3

8

12 1/4

Up twenty minutes on pot and saying prayers, then lay on the bed till eight.

Fahrenheit 56° at 8 a.m.  Breakfast over at 9 1/2 –

My thirty-ninth year is complete today!

Made out rough draft of index from the 22nd ultimo to today –

M. Julliart came at 11 10/.. and staid talking 1/2 hour – Could not get anything for the morning, so no lesson – Agree to commence chez moi, rue du Jardin du Roi on Monday week the 12th, to have 3 lessons, 3 days consecutively or more if required on a human head –

The poor man at the hospital is recovering after having been sur le point de mourir – on en lui a rien fait que de donner des lavement – M. Julliart ventured to observe upon this, to say he should have bled the man, and the médicin threatened to report him for his interference ! –

Before and after M. Julliart’s coming, reading from page 148 to 175, nodding over my book latterly till 12 50/.. – Then dressed – Went out at 1 35/.. –

Called on Mrs. Hamilton – not at home  – did not leave a card –

Went to No. 29 rue de la Ville L’Evesque to Mademoiselle Paulenier for Lady Stuart – Not at home –

Then called and sat 25 minutes with Lady and Miss Poore – Fixed to go to Bagatelle at 9 1/4 a.m. on Tuesday and to take Miss Poore to the conciergerie and marché aux fleurs on Saturday at 9 –

Then called on Miss Hall at Mrs. Bray’s, rue de Chaillot,  No. . . . Sat in the house or walked in the garden with Miss Hall 40 minutes – Her 2 little nieces (Harveys) with her  – perhaps 7 and 8 – fine children –

Then called and sat 12 minutes with Mrs. Balfour and Mrs. and Miss Wilson –

Then to Laffitte’s – Exchanged a £50 circular exchange at 25/60 –

Drove to Lady Stuart’s banker, Boulevard Poissonnière No. 17 – bank sheet –

Then called at Amyot’s and bought Voltaire’s letters and sat an hour with Madame and les Demoiselles Séné – They are going to England the end of next month – Long talk about this – Ask them to come to tea some evening before their going to Mendon – A Mrs. and Miss Hare or Eyre called while I was there  – Some relation to Lord Cochrane or to Lord Dundonald’s present wife? –

Home at 6 – Dressed – Dinner at 6 1/2 – Read the paper – came to my room at 8 40/..  Wrote the last 10 lines –

On coming home, found the card of ‘Lady Isabella Blatchford, Hotel Bristol, Place Vendôme,’ and ditto of ‘Mr. Willoughby Crewe, Hotel de Douvres, 21 Rue de la Paix’ – I had made up my mind Lady I B [Isabella Blatchford] would not return my call.  I am satisfied that she has called.  I wonder what will come of it, whether I shall know much more of her or not.  Shall we ever travel together?

Mademoiselle Paulinier came about 7 – paid her 202/. being the amount of Lady Stuart’s bill –

Coffee at 9 20/.. – Came to my room at 10 1/2, at which hour, Fahrenheit 51° – Fine day – coldish – threatening rain but it held off –

Till 11 20/..., cutting open and reading the 22 pages introduction of Choix Moral de Lettres. Voltaire, 4 volumes duodecimo, Paris, 1824.

WYAS Finding Numbers SH:7/ML/E/13/0021 and SH:7/ML/E/13/0022