Thursday, January 11, 1827 (Partial Entry)

1827

January

Thursday 11

6 1/2

11 1/4

Very fine morning 46      at       8        a.m.

                              48      –        noon

                              41      –        6        p.m.

In my room at 7 1/2.  Should have been 1/4 hour sooner, but after wasting near 10 minutes in the vain endeavour to hook hooks, obliged to call up McDonald –

Sat down at my desk at 7 3/4 – Read over what I wrote to Mariana on Sunday week – From 8 to 10 1/4, wrote the latter 1/2 page 1 and 8 lines of page 2 of my letter to M- [Mariana] – began on Sunday week, and read the whole of this morning’s paper –

Then at 10 1/4, breakfast – McDonald almost immediately brought in a letter from M- (Lawton) 3 pages and the ends – The other 1/2 the £10 Bank of England enclosed – Will not have gowns sent, just yet in consequence of the mourning for the Duke of York –

No better account of her health – She has had her arm in a sling from swelling and gathering in her 3rd finger right hand –

Has had the house full of company –

Grantham had observed her manner changed towards his wife – A little explanation about it – M- contrived to dissemble and satisfy Grantham that it was merely on account of some report circulated by Mrs. Grantham against Mr. Charles Lawton, which as she denied, M- would be satisfied –

Charles Lawton begins to be rather bearish –

Mrs. Milne much better at Scarborough –Mrs. Milne has got another appointment to Addiscombe, for Edward –

M- in good train to get Charles on the foundation at Eton –

Mariana’s first date Saturday 30 December, – Last, Friday 5th instante mense –

Delighted – Satisfied with my letter – In consequence of her house being full, had not time to answer me leisurely –

Wrote the last 10 lines and had just done at 11 1/2 – Finished dressing –

From 12 5/60 (12 3/4 later post had just brought me a letter from Mrs. Mackenzie of the 8th instante mense, ‘49 rue des Vieillards, Boulogne sur mer’, asking me to inquire after some letters which she suspects being detained at the dead letter office here – Says she hopes to be here in a few weeks) –

Finished page 2 and wrote 15 1/2 lines of page 3, – Then got ready to go out – It began to rain, and wrote 14 1/2 lines more of page 3 – Then talked to my aunt ten minutes and went out at 3 –

Monsieur and Madame Sené gone to their country house – Left my card (with my aunt’s name written on it) for them – and went up to look at our apartment – Saw the 2 girls there – Staid talking to them some time – The drawing room. . . .

 

WYAS Finding Number SH:7/ML/E/10/0043