Tuesday, November 25, 1834

1834

November

Tuesday 25

7

12 10/..

No kiss.  Fine morning, Fahrenheit 43° at 8 p.m. a.m.

Breakfast about 8 1/2 – Just saw and took leave of my aunt, father, and Marian, and Ann and I, taking Eugénie inside and George and Charles Howarth outside, off at 9 39/.. in the brown carriage –

At Leeds (by the Northowram road) at Kendell’s, at 12 10/.. – Looking about in his furniture room till he sent to know the hour of departure to Selby by the railroad – A nice small sofa table (mahogany) £11 –

Drove to the railroad office – Found they could not yet take gentlemen’s carriages – Will not be prepared for them till the 15th or 16th of next month – That would not do –

Drove to the hotel for horses, and off from there at 1 29/.. (after leaving the pendule to be cleaned etc. at Wilkinson’s Briggate and doing some small shoppings at Nelson’s) –

At Tadcaster at 3 17/.. – and alighted at the Black Swan, York, at 4 25/.. –

Had Mr. Parsons, Junior, to cut and dress the hair of us both – Dinner at 5 1/2.  Wrote and sent note, compliments to Mr. Jonathan Grey and should be glad to see him at 10 a.m. tomorrow – Dressed –

Off in a fly – Called at Mr. Brown’s going and returning, to tell him to come tomorrow –

The Henry Belcombes had a dinner party, so drove off to old Mrs. Belcombe’s – and there from 8 to 9 3/4 – Had tea – Charlotte Norcliffe there – Fisher had died of old age rather suddenly yesterday, ætatis 80? – Charlotte Norcliffe appeared very cool – Mrs. Milne rather so, but not near so perceptibly so as Charlotte – Mrs. Belcombe as usual – Nobody else there but Miss Eleanor Rice and a Miss Dannett –

It seemed Mrs. Milne and Charlotte fancied I must have known Mrs. Norcliffe arrived in London the 8th of June, the very day Ann and I arrived !!! and that I did not choose to call upon her (Mrs. Norcliffe) in London !!! How absurdly untrue!  I saw, however, that all I could say was in vain –

Charlotte was come over from Croft to see Fisher and was to return there – Isabella to be in York on Thursday – Mrs. Norcliffe not going to Bath this winter –

Ann as much surprised at Charlotte’s huffiness as I was – She had warm wine and water – Sat talking downstairs till 11 –

Soft damp, thick, hazy day – Could see very little as we drove along – Got into bed and then rubbed her back with spirit of wine and camphor for quarter hour – Note in answer from Mr. Jonathan Grey that he would come –

 

WYAS Finding Number SH:7/ML/E/17/0113