Monday, March 20, 1837

1837

March

Monday 20

6 1/2

11 50/..

No kiss.  Snowing a little at 6 1/2 and ground white and Fahrenheit 33° at 7 1/2 a.m., at which hour, went out for 1/2 hour –

with Robert + 4 straightening up at the bottom of the old orchard and forming and stoning the walk up towards the house from the lowest pool –

From 8 to 9 1/2 siding my bureau – Then breakfast, and had Cookson upstairs about pelerines till 10 3/4 –

Then out again with Ingham and Robert Mann till their dinner (Robert and his men began again today to dine at 12 and have drinkings) at 12 – Sauntering about for 1/2 hour –  Then from 12 1/2 to 2 1/4, arranging my books in the new portable library in the drawing room –

Then out again till 6 3/4 – With Robert Mann almost all the time – the masons had laughed the men into having drinkings again – said they were ‘Slaves’ – had Booth in about it but desired him not to take any notice of it further than that if he had a man to spare from here to let him be Amos, whom I thought the worst to manage of the set –

Dressed – Dinner at 7 – Ann did not return from Cliff hill till after 6 – Making alterations there – Had found a plan of new entrance road and Lodge by Benouri – Wishful to follow up the plan – would tell Benouri to call if he was coming this way – She would not do anything that she was obliged to ask the trustee’s leave to do – Before I knew what she had in view I said I thought anything merely between her sister and herself might be done without the trustees, supposing the thing of no great magnitude – I should much fear, however, that the Sutherlands would not much relish the new road as the ground on both sides of the new road for 140 yards length would be Ann’s – I mentioned this –

Coffee at 8 1/2 – Asleep on the sofa till after 9 – Wintry, cold day – Repeated showers of snow and hail – Fahrenheit 27° at 9 1/2 p.m. –

Sent George over today to make inquiries at Haughend and Willow – Mr. and Mrs. Henry Priestley and Mrs. Dyson all better –

Ann not at all right, at what I said about her new lodge.  She is very touchy now about what she does.  Henry Sykes to build the lodge.  How can he. No working plans.  Poor Ann’s ignorance equals her impatience of what she fancies contradiction –

Reading till 10 50/.. Whitaker’s history of Whalley – Little Mitton – the finest old Gothic hall he ever saw that had been the residence of Everly, a private family

 

WYAS Finding Number SH:7/ML/E/20/0036