Wednesday, January 15, 1840

1840

January

Wednesday 15

9 25/..

12 25/..

Fine morning.  5 minutes with Ann.  Réaumur 9 3/4° at my bedhead and 9 1/2° on the console – Réaumur -3° at 8 a.m.  Breakfast at 10 55/..

Had Mr. Alexandre Richter and before he went away le Comte Panin till 2 20/.., both of them all the while in the salle à manger at the breakfast table – I had rather more than 1/2 done when Mr. Richter arrived and finished in 2 or 3 minutes after Count Panin went –

Out at 3 20/.. To the boulevard – Walked about 1 20/.. hour (4 turns) and home at 4 50/.. – So fine and mild out of doors even with wind (Réaumur 3 3/4 or near 4° in the snow and Réaumur -1° out of doors here, said Mrs. Howard) that we fixed to go to Troitza tomorrow – Horses ordered at 10 – To go in our covered kibitka –

Partly dressed – Then wrote the last 4 lines – Dinner now at 6 5/.. Finished dressing after having looked, skimmed over, one of the 4 papers sent us today by Mr. Camidge –

Off to the Panins at 7 40/.. – La jeune countess – La vielle malade – Tea – Talked of our journey – Going to Troitza tomorrow – To send for the archimandrite on our arrival – Said I had a headache from sitting so long at the breakfast table this morning near the stove, and there this afternoon, had determined to go tomorrow – For the benediction of the waters of the Moskwa (on Saturday morning).  Countess Panin will come en traineau for me, and Ann to go in the carriage – Mentioned the Russian girl from the Enfans Trouvés – Should have a man of business to draw up a contract – But General Strik, the Chef, and the German lady, Inpérieure, are not, it seems, on good terms ! In fact, I inferred some difficulties might arise ? And on my mentioning the girl’s going to the our protestant church and probably becoming eventually an English subject, the surprised manner of the countess struck me –

At 1st on our talking of their journey to England, I had advised their not travelling per diligence, but hiring a carriage – and had observed upon their making 2 journies, one to see the country and one for Society – Difficult to take a great toilette about  – I had learnt how one ought  to come here for Society – Not tomber des nues, but send heavy baggage beforehand – A jolie toilette de Paris just made in the very last fashion, and bring a bale of letters and give nice little soirées chez soi – Yes! it seemed that was what one should do preparatory to spending a winter in society in Russia –

A gentleman then a lady came just before we came away at 9 20/.. – Home at 9 1/2 –

The old lady is well enough to receive every night.  The Russian dinner is still talked of.  I have no wish for an opportunity to eat it somehow.  Spite of all their civility, there is an indignity about it.  I like it not.  If we had been bedecked with titles, it would have been different –

Had Grotza and sat reading till 11 1/2 Kupffer’s Voyage dans l’Oural –

Réaumur 11 1/4 ° on my table and Réaumur 10 1/4° on the console now at 11 35/.. p.m.  Fine, mild day – A cold of Réaumur 4° seems like nothing – I was quite hot (in a perspiration) in walking this afternoon.


WYAS Finding Numbers SH:7/ML/E/23/0179 and SH:7/ML/E/23/0180


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