Friday, October 16, 1829 Travel Journal

 Transcriber's note:  All of this material is crossed out in the travel journal, presumably when transferred by Anne Lister to her regular journal.

 

1829

October

Friday 16

8 55/60

2 1/4

Finishing plan of crypt alphabet – Breakfast at 10 1/4 –

Lady Stuart had a bad night – Dr. Drever came – Then Lord Graves.  Miss Hobart and I went to see his rooms, then Miss Hobart and I walked to the concert noble (the old one?), covered Ionic, pillared, low-looking heavy room with a broad colonnade on each side, gilded plafond – old-done – Went and returned through the park – pretty little thing –

Came home to go out with Lady Stuart – Lady Isabella Blatchford, and then Mrs. and Miss Taylor called – We all went out at 3 20/60 shopping to Madame Kint’s about Brussels lace, etc. – Lady Stuart home at 5, and left us in a confectioner’s shop – Looked for shirt buckles for Cosmo.  Got home at 5 3/4 – Dinner at 6 –

Lady Stuart very languid and nervous all the day – Lord Graves came about 8 and staid till 11 3/4 – Really amusing – Put Lady Stuart in good spirits –

Dr. Drever, too, here again – Nothing for it but Lady Stuart’s not going tomorrow – After Lord Graves went, told us his love for Louisa Melon, now Mrs. Dyke, sister to Lady Dunstanville. Madame la countesse Zamoyska came, and staid till 12 1/4 –

Came to my room at 12 25/60.  At Miss Hobart’s bedside forty minutes, till one and three quarters,  she reflective, I half complaining of it.  Nothing interesting.  The time passed rather heavily with her.  She shook a little tonight.  What is it, nervous or what?

Gave her the crypt alphabet this morning.  With her usual suspicion, she now said people might think if she used it, she was writing something improper.  It would not look well to use it.  At last, she would have it after I had rather talked off her scruples. 

I said tonight I should have smarter night caps when I saw her again.  When will that be, said she.  I said I wonder whether she wished it to be soon or not.  She made no answer.  Then, on my asking her to say something, she said she should be glad leaving me to guess the rest.  She is very guarded, but yet I think she surely cares for me –

Wrote the whole of today from 1 3/4 to 2 – Fair, finish day –

Gave Lady Stuart today some barley eared barley sugar and an ounce chocolate drop, and the same quantity of the latter to Miss Hobart –

 

WYAS Finding Number SH:7/ML/TR/4/0005


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