Saturday, December 30, 1826
1826
December
Saturday 30
7
11 1/4
mild, soft Fahrenheit 46° at 8 5/60 a.m.
morning 49 – 12 1/2 p.m.
47 1/2 – 8 –
47 – 10 –
In my room at 8 5/60 – Finished
dressing –
Out at 8 50/60 – through the
gardens to the 1st Quincailler in the rue du Bac – Chose two tea-kettles (at 12
& 13/.) to be brought this evening, of which I would take one – Read this
morning’s Journal des Débats – Sauntered up and down the main walk between the
2 fountains – Came in at 11 – then breakfast – read Galignani of this morning,
all which took me till 12 1/2 –
From 12 3/4 to 4 1/2, wrote 3
pages and the ends to Steph. – Pretty close – Copying the account Mariana gives
of her health in her last, giving an account (pretty good) of my aunt and filling
up my letter with observations on this and that –
Shall have no war – Send my
love to the Duffins – Thanks to Mr. Duffin for his letter ‘and say I shall write
one of these days …. My love to Harriet – If I do not write to her she must
excuse me; for I rarely write when I can at all well avoid it – From you, I would,
in this case, rather have 1/2 a dozen lines quickly, than twice as many of your
best pages (and your good are really good) in the course of 3 or 4 weeks – I am
uneasy about Mariana; for she is less far from the mind than from the person of
yours, my dear Steph., very faithfully, AL-’ –
From 4 50/60 to 6, wrote 1
1/2 pages to Mrs. Lynn –
Dinner at 6 10/60 – Came into
the drawing room at 8 – Slept the greater part of the evening –
Fine day – Soft and mild – Went
to my room at 10 – They sent the kettles this evening – Chose that at 13/.
weighing 2 pounds 10 ounces; therefore the copper at 2/50 a pound, one pays enough
for the façon –
WYAS Finding Number
SH:7/ML/E/10/0038
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