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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1892

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Notes on front pages of diary:

List of Roy’s things taken to Eton Wednesday Jany 20th 1892

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3 cotton night shirts

3 winter drawers

3 ditto vests

3 summer drawers

3 ditto vests

20 collars

12 shirts (ought to be 14)

5 prs. stockings

6 prs. stockings

14 hand’s

2 night vests

2 Eton suits complete

1 extra pr. Trowsers

1 evening best suit complete

1 long overcoat

1 dressing gown

3 prs. boots

2 prs. Shoes

Cures for colds etc

Soothing & healing antiseptic

Dr Mackenzie’s catarrh cure

List of books read during /92

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“Honneur d’artiste” p. Octave Hausler(?)

“Les Francs paces” p. Clemence Robert

“Pitt” by Ld. Rosebery

“Our Mutual Friend” Dickens


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“Noir et Rose” G. Ohnet.

“La mare au diable” G. Sand

“La debacle” Emile Zola

“Esther Vonhomsigh”(?) by (blank)

“The pleasures of life” Sir J. Lubbock

Voltaire’s book on religion etc

Chaucer’s “Prologue to Canterbury Tales”

“Priests Nun’s story”

“Knight’s story”

“The two Householders” & “A Xmas Sermon” by (blank)

“A Nile story” by George Fleming

“A far away Melody” by (blank)

“L’homme à l’oreille cassée” par E. About

“ Madame de Drenk” par N. Gréville

“Tom Jones” H. Fielding

“An Englishman in Paris” by Mon. Vandam

“Germaine” by E. About

“Le roman d’une Princesse” par Carmen Sylva Queen of Bohemia

“Life of Angelica Kaufmann” by Gerard

“Notable Women” by H. Black

“Le landemain de la mort” par Figuier

“La confession d’un enfant du siecle” A. de Musset

Maids

Spencer’s maid

Fanny Kenward,

Holmselea, Addiscombe, Croydon

Housemaid or Parlour, £20. Bad.

Endings to French letters:

Agréez, Madame, mes salutations empressées.

Recevez Madame, l’assurance de mes sentiments distingués.

Calls to make


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Best glass in pantry cupboard looked thro’ with Alice July 28th /92

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10 Crimpley tumblers

12 Long soda tumblers

4 Cut glass ditto

2 Goblets

12 Crested barrel tumblers

small water jug & glass

1 Common water jug

11 Brown hock glasses

6 Purple ditto

18 Champagne crested glasses

17 Sherry ditto

24 Claret ditto

15 Port ditto

12 Ice plates

17 Finger bowls

3 odd wine glasses

2 odd champagne tumblers

3 odd liqueur glasses

1 odd bedroom tumbler

3 odd brown sherry glasses

2 red ditto

2 common glass preserve stands

1 old whiskey decanter

1 new decanter

6 specimen glasses

2 Bohemian pickle glasses

12 specimen liquoir barrels

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Glass out July 1892 (Alice)


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4 glass entrée dishes

4 cut glass finger bowls

12 champagne tumblers

8 specimen glasses

6 liquoirs

6 best tumblers

12 sherry glasses

11 port ditto

1 water jug

3 custard cups

4 decanters

1 glass salt cellar

2 red sugar basins

Tea service July/92. Alice

6 plates

5 saucers

2 cups

Best

6 tea cups & saucers

2 plates to match

4 odd blue ditto

1 ditto slop basin

1 cream jug

Coffee set

2 white jugs

3 savory dishes

6 coffee cups & saucers

1 tripod white dish

6 green plates

4 ditto leaves


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Silver put away in cupboard during summer absence July/1892

1 bread basket

19th July. Silver in pantry cupboard, looked thro’ with Alice.

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1 large tea tray

1 wine cooler

1 Rouen coffee mahine

1 Orton tea pot & stand

1 cake basket

2 soda water stands

1 odd tea pot

1 metal odd ditto

1 breakfast dish

1 ink stand

1 silver service coffee pot

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Silver in spare room drawer

Silver & glass claret jug

Horn jug & 2 mugs

Blondin’s hoof

3 silver mugs

19th July

(Notes copied from back of 1891 diary and integrated with 1892 entries.)

1st Jany

Lovely day. Out morg. with Roy vy. tiresome makes himself sick eating

always. To church with Maud & walked after met Mrs. (illeg). Maud & Roy

to party at Mrs. Burnand’s. All dine together tonight. Mad. paid books for

me. Burnt carbolic. Awful headache.

2nd Jany


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Dit a la cuisinière qu’elle ne me convient pas. Parlage avec cuisinière

qu’elle n’est pas assez propre.

Monday 4 January

Dear Lin’s birthday. V. pleasant little dinner. Roy & Lin rode to Mount

Pleasant. No hunting. Maud & Mad. to meet with Bucks at Mount

Pleasant, long walk. Maud lunched at Bucks after.

Tuesday 5 January

Milly out afternoon. Lin to London by 4 train for 1st night Irving Henry

VIII. Called after on Mrs. F.C.B, had tea there. Chicks & self dined there

evg. V. jolly evg. Mr Borradaile, Mr & Mrs. Hammond came in after

dinner.

Wednesday 6 January

Out morg. shops. Bitterly cold strange blizzard came on suddenly at 11

o’clock, after & before fine. X. Alice out all day for holiday. Maud for walk

& with Bucks to lunch after lessons & to Mrs. O’Reilly’s evening party

with the Burnands. I dined alone with Mrs. Burnand, talked about Zita.

Sent £29 to Bk, Lin’s cheque for month’s housekeeping, owes me £4.10

of it. Find Bk. here not entered £2.2.0 cheque Mother gave me & think I

sent to Bk.

Thursday 7 January

Lin ret’d fr. London 1 o’c. Roy & self met him. George to fetch bag. Sent

dress to Nana. Mad’lle. paid remaining books for me. Parlage avec

cuisinière elle aimera beac. de rester. Lin took photo of young

Hodgemen. Lin & Roy rode after lunch. Sent postal order of 3/6 to

Whiteley for vases, number order 9657702 & 9 added in pencil. Stamps

6d, sent old dress to Nana 9d, 3/6 order. Boxes sent off, Nos 16286,

16618, 45437, 52617, 30756, & Saumur Champagne box with various

numbers marked on it.

Friday 8 January


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Lovely day, bitterly cold. Snow morg. on ground. Roy & self for walk to

Bates to order things for tomorrow. To Blackburn’s about bill. Met

Weigalls asking Maud to go to performance in Ramsgate. Coals in 3

tons. Promised to let Maud go to tea at Lady Rose’s with Mademoiselle

& on fr. there. Changement dans l’ouvrage. La cuisinière faisant

vestibule. La fille salle à manger. Grosse tête chambre de Lin etc.

Saturday 9 January

Snow. Bitterly cold. Lin & Roy rode. Out morg. shop’g. Paid Fisher’s bill

8/- owing since /86. Maud’s tea party 12. Bucks, Percells, Burnands,

O’Connel. Rosie B. to dinner, Frank unable to come. Bought & pd. for

lemons 6d. Lin took Rosie back.

Sunday 10 January

Snow. Maud & self to church. Not so cold. 2/- to pew opener, 1/- plate.

Walked on Parade with Lin, Roy & Maud. Met Weigalls & Burnands. Lin

& Roy for long walk after lunch. Alice out afternoon.

Monday 11 January

Snow & v. cold. Pain in chest & back fumigated with carbolic acid &

turpentine flans. Called after lunch on Mrs. Ross, Admiral more like an

old lady full of local gossip, & on Miss Greaves who has taken flat

belonging to boarding house, a Mrs. Tennant there. Lin & Roy played

billiards. V. dirty & sloppy out. Millie went home all afternoon, her

mother ill with rheumatism.

Tuesday 12 January

2 months Millie. Duke of Clarence & Avondale v. ill influenza. Lovely

morg. Hard frost. Out shop’g morg. Ordered smelts, salad, pigeons &

bacon. Put advertisement in paper for next Saty for housemaid in

Millie’s place. Roy, Mad. Maud & Ethel B. on ice! Mr & Mrs Burnand to

dinner. Lin cannot ride, hard frost. Sent children’s P. O. savings books

to Post. Très fâchée avec Mad. qu’elle a essayer de faire peur à Roy en

disant qu’un ghost lui viendrait pendant la nuit, je lui (illeg) parlé. Lydia

managed dinner very nicely. Petite marmite soup. Smelts. Leg mutton


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haricot beans potatoes browned. Roast pigeons celery salad. Mince pies

apple ginger & custard. Cheese ramekins, dessert.

Wednesday 13 January

Theatrical performances at Mrs. Burnand’s for a charity. Books heavy.

Sent Rosie 7/6 for it, gave maid 1/-. Prince Eddie very ill complications

set in. Called on Miss Greaves & left 2 books. Mrs. Tennant there. Mary

B. came back & sat with me some time. Lin & Roy rode to Saare. Bitterly

cold hard frost at night.

Thursday 14 January

X. Prince Edward of Wales (Duke of Clarence & Avondale) died of

influenza this morg. 9.10 AM. Went & sent telegrams for Lin to Mr

Burnand. Met Montague Williams & C. B. & wife, heard sad news thro’

them. Paid Bates bill 6/4 & Brown’s for Maud’s stays 7/9. Maud, Roy &

Mad. to ice all morg. Roy looks tired.

Friday 15 January

Mrs. Bartram’s at home 4 to 7. Postponed on ac’t of Duke of Clarence &

Avondale’s death. Called on Mrs. Banks, out (or not well) & had tea with

Mrs. C. Burnand, saw Baby, v. weezy. Lin working hard. Everyone

talking of Duke’s sad & sudden death, made doubly so by his

approaching marriage with Princess May of Teck. Maud Mad. & Roy to

ice all morg. & afternoon, Roy took Maud went on had tea at Lady Rose

Weigall’s. Lady Rose called, was unfortunately out.

Saturday 16 January

Mrs. Bartram’s at home 4 - 7. Postponed on ac’t of Duke’s death. Paid

Lydia £1.15.4 due 30th Dec. Pd Mad’lle £10.0.0 due 5th Jany, 3 months

wages. Pd Alice £1.10.0 due 10th Jany. Lin & Roy to London by 9.40

going to Pantomime & King’s theatre, return tomorrow. Lovely day but v.

windy & rough. Maud to lunch at Mrs. Buckmaster’s. Mary & Ethel B. to

tea. Put advertisement in paper for housemaid only saw one morg.

Letters fr. C. Stokes & C. Hartree.


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Sunday 17 January

Dear Lin & Roy return. Went to Church with Maud 1/-. Prayers for Royal

family in present sorrow & for the cessation of present plague of

influenza. On Parade after with Will Buck. Met Lin & Roy & Bill Weigall,

called & saw Miss Greaves. Mrs. Charlie & Connie came after lunch.

Maud & self walked back with them & to Miss Gould’s to tea.

Monday 18 January

No frost. Lin & Roy riding to meet. Parlage avec Mad’lle qu’elle nous

quittera en Juillet. Elle p(illeg) être si fâcher que je suis triste moi-même.

Only one housemaid fr. advertisement, & a fright Tuesday. Called after

lunch on Mrs. Vaile, all colds, Mrs. Buck, out, & Mrs. Pugin. Home & read

to Lin. Finish Scott’s “Marmion” charming. Wrote to Rider Haggard

thanking him for pheasants.

Tuesday 19 January

Mended Roy’s things all morning. Lin & Roy rode morg. Lunch extra

early. I went with Cuthbert & Roy in Hodgeman’s dog cart to Westwood

& St Peters to dear father’s grave, looked v. nice. Called & asked after

Mrs. Tassel, v. ill with rheumatic fever. Tassel called for Millie & she

went back with him. Great commotion on return about boys taking on

Lin’s bag, v. angry with them. He loked so tired & worried made me quite

unhappy. Lin to London for Bancroft dinner. Mad. & self packed Roy’s

things. Cuthbert here to tea & supper. Lydia out. Maud to lunch & tea at

Mrs. Buckmaster’s & the usual walk (illeg) hope the last this season.


Roy & self to London by S. E. Rly 9.40 A.M. Funeral of Prince Eddie Duke

of Clarence & Avondale at Windsor. Roy returns to Eton. I sleep at

Mother’s & return Thursday. Cab to Rams Sta. 2/-, porter 6d, cab to

Mother’s 2/6. Lin met us, Roy lunched with him. All London closed & in

mourning. Lunched with Mother at Albert H. Mansions. Lin & Roy came

to tea. Lin & self saw Roy off fr. Waterloo to Eton in Mother’s carriage.


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Dear Roy rather down. Dined with Mother alone. Saw Emma, told me

Jolly had taken overcoat, Dodd had broken up chairs for firewood, &

none of Lin’s drawings in wardrobe. V. vexed. Says house v. muddly at

Staf.Ter. altho’ they keep 6 servants. Kitchen there so dirty.

Thursday 21 January

Had had bad night, so annoyed with self, forgot Roy’s best hat, umbrella

& key to hat box. Dense fog afraid could not return. Mother had fly &

Bates went with me to C. X. Lots of school boys returning. Flyman 1/-,

commissionaire 1/-, pattern & papers 8d. Bates 2/6, fly here 3/6, porters

8d. Total expenses to town 13/8. George met me at Sta. Dear Maud &

Mad. also. I thought Lin looking better. Sent off drawing.

Friday 22 January

Clear & bright, most refreshing after the horrid fog London. Maud out

early for walk & escaped Bucks. Sent off Roy’s umbrella & hat etc. Letter

fr. dear Roy all right but of course not happy yet but hope to be so soon.

House seems freer without Millie, wish I had not kept her so long. X.

Petit ami. Wondered why I had felt so irritable & cross all week, 4 days

too soon. Maud working better at her lessons. Lydia paid books for me

managed nicely £5.10.8½ without stores. £6.0.0 with Roy at home & 4

servants, sh’d be less soon without Roy & Millie.

Saturday 23 January

Miss Stancombe to tea 4 o’c. In bed till 12. Lin rode after luncheon.

Enjoyed chat with Stancombs, younger one Ida quite pretty. Letter fr.

Mrs. Buck asking Maud to luncheon tomorrow, going to tea instead.

Sent off dear Roy’s hat box ret’d fr. Margate, had to be re addressed,

umbrella & chocolate.

Sunday 24 January

Maud & Mad. to St George’s church, met Weigalls. Lin rode after

luncheon. In bed till 12. Maud to tea Mrs. Buck’s & for walk, brought her

home at 8 o’clock.


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Monday 25 January

In bed till 12. Went for drive with Mr Wills in dog cart past Westwood. Lin

hunted came back very tired. Connie B. called, asked her & Cuthbert to

dine tomorrow. Mrs. O’Connell called, lent her 7 of “Gentlewoman” &

Black & Whites. Another letter fr. dear Roy.

Tuesday 26 January

X. Paid Millie Tassel one month & two weeks wages at rate of £8 a year.

19/6 pd. £1.0.0 she left a week ago. Her boxes go today. Lin rode after

lunch. Mrs. O’Reilly & Miss Wishaw called. Lydia paid books. Connie B &

Cuthbert to dinner. Mr Burnand better.


Lin went to London by 4 train. Out morg. shop’g. Mrs. Tennant called.

Visionary & wild. Everyone more or less ill with influenza. Alice out & to

bed early.

Thursday 28 January

Put up clean curtains in dining room. Lin returned. Out shop’g morg,

ordered broom for George. & saucepan for M’s washing! Globe for hall

lamp. Letter fr. dear Roy & Lady Margaret. Met Col. Croker, wife v. ill, &

several other invalids. Mr Burnand better but cannot go out for long

while, in London. Lin & self dine at Mrs. Wills 7.30. Lin for ride after

lunch. Girls down v. late wish they would try to be earlier, so much

worry for self & them. Sent Maud to enquire about confirmation classes,

Vicarage.

Friday 29 January

Busy all morg. After lunch walked to call on Lady Rose W. out, & called

on Mrs. Hammond, stayed some time with her, bought 4 eggs on way

home 8d. Lin v. busy, read “Our Mutual Friend” to him. Girls down very

nice & early, feel they are trying to please.


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Saturday 30 January

Another adv. for housemaid. Busy all morg. Lin & dear Maud rode at 2

o’c until 4.30 & M enjoyed it immensely & looked pretty & graceful in

saddle & trotted well. I called on Mrs. Bartram & saw her. Maud to go for

her 1st confirmation class Wed at 3. Another letter fr. dear Roy. Maud

had her music lesson at 12 o’c.

Sunday 31 January

Maud & self to church. Maud & Mad. to Miss Gould’s to tea. Lin & self

walked after lunch to Mrs. Montefiore’s & had tea there.

Monday 1 February

Nellie K. coming for a visit. Glorious evg.

Tuesday 2 February

Nelly & self went to see rooms for Barkers & enquired after influenza

friends. Sat & talked afternoon. Lin & Maud rode. V. windy had to stop at

Tassel’s to put up hair. Lin gave Tassel 2/6. Mr Burnand came down fr.

town after severe attack influenza.

Wednesday 3 February

Lovely morg. Poured about 12 o’c. Sent to enquire for Mr Burnand,

better. Lin went hunting, then called & saw Mr Burnand. V. shocked to

see how ill he looked. Lin went to town by 4 train. Nelly & self went

about housemaid & walked about an hour, met Miss Gould & Mrs. Pugin.

X. Maud to her first confirmation class, like it v. much. Mad’lle told us

stories evg. Alice & George out evg.

Thursday 4 February

Lovely morg. Lin returning fr. London. Announcement of Sir Morel

Mackenzie’s death fr. influenza after only few days illness. Out all morg.

with Nelly.

Friday 5 February


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X. Maud’s little F. Lovely day. Read to Lin morg. After lunch Nelly & self

called on Mrs. Wills. Mrs. S. went out. Looked at Venus & Mercury, v.

beautiful near new moon.

Saturday 6 February

Lovely morg. Emptying harbour. Nelly & self walked shop’d. On Pier

after, met Maud & Mad. Lin out riding. Mrs. Sambourne in bed to lunch.

Little Bartlett to tea with her German governess. Servants up very late

altho’ I rang bell.

Sunday 7 February

Nellie & self to Church. Maud’s cold bad. Walked on Parade with Nellie.

Lin & Maud walked to Mr Weigall’s. Nellie & self walked after lunch to Mr

Gould’s & Mrs. Evans. Mrs. G. called here & Mr Evans remained to tea.

Monday 8 February

Pouring wet all day. Lin out for ride after lunch. Maud in bed with bad

cold & X. Petit ami. Got up for tea & came down to dinner. In all day read

to Lin.

Tuesday 9 February

Cold east wind. Lin out hunting, home to lunch. Out morg. shop’g. Met

Mr Montefiore. Williams v. ill. Went to enquire after Mr Burnand. Stayed

in all afternoon. Miss Stancombes to tea. Lin working. Nell & self

practiced. Could not read, throat bad. Maudie’s cold v. bad. Another

letter fr. dear Roy.


Received December cheque annuity £25. Wet dull morg. Girls up very

late. Tight feeling on chest, stuffy, & altogether feel v. seedy. Maudie’s

cold still v. heavy & Mademoiselle looks ill too. Hope dear Lin will keep

well, we wretched women sure to get all right again. X. Sent cheque to

post. Lin not going to London this week. Alice v. seedy had to go to bed

before dinner. Nelly & self laid table etc. George waited, not badly for 1st

time.


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Thursday 11 February

Dull morg, cleared off beautifully after. Washed up breakfast, did lamps

& silver & did rooms, made beds & dusted drawing room. Walked for an

hour before lunch. Alice down to lay luncheon, seems little better. Called

to enquire after Mr Burnand, better. Lin riding after lunch. Maud, Mad. &

Ethel out after lunch. Nell & self cleaned silver.

Friday 12 February

Walked with Nell morg. to Granville, saw rooms taken by C. Barker.

Morel Mackenzies, Boughtons & Davisons at Granville. Nellie went to

London by 4 o’c train. Mad. M & self saw her off. Lin v. hard at work.

Cleaned all silver before going out.

Saturday 13 February

Lovely day v. cold. Lin hunting. Mr Barker with him.Tilda came down by

S. E. Granville. Brought lovely flowers. Mr & Mrs. Boughton to dinner. Mr

B. went on after with Lin to Mr Burnand’s. Lin won £1, gave it me for

children. Had cozy chat with Mrs. B. after dinner. Walked with Maud after

lunch to shops. Mrs. Evans densely dull called, & Miss Gould. Played v.

pretty piece by Lagarre called “Marguerite”. Letter fr. Nellie. Cleaned all

silver.

Sunday 14 February

Dull. Tilda & Maud to Church. East wind. Tilda & Maud on Parade with

Lin. Mrs. Barker & Davisons came to tea. Lin & C. O. B. for long walk.

Lin & self to Granville to dine with Barker.

Monday 15 February

Blizzard. Rained violently all day. Cleaned silver, practiced, wrote to

Midge. Fanny & C. O. Barker to dinner. Dullish & no conversation worth

remembering.

Tuesday 16 February


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Tilda & self after cleaning silver for an hour went for walk, freezing & v.

slippery. Servants down v. late. Tilda et moi chez Mrs. Evans & Miss

Witchaw faisant des demandes apres les fl(illeg). Fanny Barker to tea &

spent 2 hrs here. Lin & C.O.B. for long walk came here to tea. N. East

wind.


Heavy fall of snow early fr. 8.30 till 9.30. Sweep here for kitchen. Tilda &

self cleaned silver for half an hour after breakfast. Clear & sunny so

went out at 11. Met Mr & Mrs. Barker. Tilda, Lin & self dine at Granville

with Barkers tonight 7 o’c. Tilda & self take tea at Mrs. Evans.


Bitterly cold. Cleaned silver & cut out Maud’s confirmation dress all

morg. Tilda & self walked on Pier after lunch & called on Mrs. Burnand.

Fanny B. & Rosie Burnand to dinner 8 o’c. Charlie Barker wired could

not come, detained in London. Lin hard at work, read to him hour fr.

“Mutual Friend”. Servants down v. late.

Friday 19 February

X. Petit ami last night. In bed till 12.30. Very bad in night. Snow still thick

on ground. Lin hard at work. Girls v. late again, can’t blame Alice as

Lydia is so much older. Lydia paid books £6.7.6, v. heavy.


Cold & dull. Snow still thick on ground. Maud & Madmoiselle to see

“Box & Cox” 5/-. Lin in all day read “Mutual Friend” to him. Lin went

after dinner to Mrs. Burnand’s, heard of Mr Furniss being obliged to give

up his lecture tour on ac’t of health. Mr Milliken at Burnands, Mr & Mrs.

Evans, Mr Ready & 2 other gentlemen. Barkers returned to London.

Sunday 21 February

Pouring wet day. In bed till 12 o’c. Mr & Bill Weigall called to tea &

stayed long while. Fishing smack drifted close to Pier along sand, had to


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be tugged off. Great excitement, all Rams. out. Mr & Mrs. Evans to see.

Finished “Honneur d’Artiste” p. Octave Feuillet.

Monday 22 February

Lovely morg. In bed till 12, did washing. Bates called & told us Mother

was at Albion Hotel here. Sent off “Honneur d’Artiste” to Mrs.

Humphreys. Letter fr. Roy.

Tuesday 23 February

Glorious day. Cold wind. Mr Weigall dined here 8 o’c, enjoyed evg. Left

at 11.15 o’c. Tilda did shop’g & ordering morg. I ordered fish, met

Montague Williams, seems v. weak & ill after influenza. Went on & sat

with Mother hour at Albion Hotel. Tilda & self cleaned silver 1½ hour

morg.


Dull & wet. Sent off 4 boxes empty by L.C.D. Rly, 3 to stores, one to

Apolinaris company. Girls down v. late, had to send away every bit of

silver fr. table, v. dirty. Tilda & self cleaned silver for ½ hour after

breakfast. Cut out remainder of Maud’s confirmation dress. First

performance of Mrs. Burnand’s play at theatre, we go tomorrow. Bates

called, Mother will be out all day, staying at Albion Hotel. Long account

of Cannes scandal. Alice out for short time after dinner.


Mrs. Burnand’s theatricals. Walked morg. Had tea 4 o’c. Girls v. late. Let

Alice go to see play. George out too for school treat. Tilda Maud & self

walked to theatre after dinner, places next to Mr & Mrs. Banks. “Meg’s

Diversion” by Craven & “Marquis of Mince Pie” by Mr Burnand. Mrs.

Burnand excellent in both. Mr Hardy v. good. Winnie charming, rest so

so. Mr Warren, M’s music master Marquis, fat & comely one!

Friday 26 February


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Dull & foggy day. Went to Margate by train with Mother, to Cobbs, & cold

lunch at Faggs. V. dear indeed. Back by train. V. tired. Read to Lin.

Found Mrs. Clarke had called. X. Dining room all turned out, carpet up &

chimney swept. Girls early!


Fogy morg. Tilda & self cleaned silver as usual. Girls v. late as usual.

Tilda & self went & saw Mother just off to London fr. Albion Hotel with

Bates. Lin hunted, home to lunch. Worked at M’s confirmation skirt after

lunch, then read an hour to Lin, had tea, & Tilda & self went for walk.

Called on Mrs. Witchaw, v. ill, poor Miss W. quite worn out. Tried to get

her grapes but 6/- a lb, too awful. Maud to tea at Vicarage. Mad. paid

books again v. heavy £6.0.0. Met Mr Wills & Mr Weigall.

Sunday 28 February

Dull & cold. To Church with Maud & Tilda, parade after. Tlda & self to

Mrs. Gould’s to tea, german, met Dr & Mrs. (illeg) there. X. Maud little F.

Lin working hard all day did not go out. Tilda & self called on Mrs.

Burnand, heard all about theatricals & Mr Norden’s vagaries. Enquired

for Mrs. Witchaw.

Monday 29 February

College performance. Tea Mrs. Banks. Fine but cold. Cleaned silver &

worked at Maud’s dress. Tilda Lin & self dine at Mrs. Burnands 7.30

tonight. X. Maud seedy. Mad’lle strange mood lunch, jumpy & exciteable.

Saw housemaid, evidently not accustomed to ladies, no M’ams,

otherwise not bad looking. C’d not take her with such manners. Go to

Westwood 3.30 with Mrs. Kerrie to call on Mrs. Clarke. Lin to tennis at

Mrs. Buckmaster’s. Lydia out to Church & Alice after for short time.

Westwood looking lovely. Called on Mrs. Banks on way home. V.

pleasant evg. at Mrs. B’s.

Tuesday 1 March


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Mrs. Fowler’s dinner ¼ to 8 o’c. College performance. V. cold snow &

hail during night. Girls v. late. Maud going with Burnands to Convent

theatricals. Mad. & Tilda to monastery. Cleaned silver & did Maud’s

dress morg. Lin hunted. Alice out after tea & evg. Strong wind snow &

rain when Tilda & self walked to Mrs. Warre’s after lunch to get warm. V.

pretty house no end of clocks & china. V. pleasant evg. Mrs. F’s.

Alexanders, Clarkes, Daniels, Hammonds (he took me in) the Thomsons

etc. Large house but v. cold.

Wednesday 2 March

Bitterly cold. Cleaned silver & got on well with Maud’s dress. Snow or

sleet on ground. Mr & Mrs. B. gone to London. After lunch Tilda & self

walked to St Lawrence Vicarage, fetched umbrella left last night. Lin not

going to town. Ordered 6d cream for tomorrow, 6d stamps & 3d (illeg

illeg). Lin sent off drawings. Posted cheque for £25 house money in

Grange Rd.

Thursday 3 March

Mrs. Clarke to tea here 4 o’c. Tilda & self shop’d morg. Flowers etc. Mrs.

& Miss Warre came & Connie B. & Miss Parkin to tea. Mrs. C. unable to

come, sent book of “Pitt” by Ld. Rosebery. Reads after guests gone to

Lin & found “Pitt” most interesting. Letter fr. Emma & darling Roy. Lin

doing beau. drawing of Ld. Salisbury, Balfour etc.

Friday 4 March

Still bitterly cold. Maud & Tilda full of chilblains. Cleaned silver, ironed

12 handkerchiefs & worked at Maud’s dress morg. & read to Lin. After

lunch paid books & called on Mrs. Berry & Miss Witchaw & Mrs. Pugin.

Miss W. sent me lovely hyacinth.

Saturday 5 March

Lovely day. V. cold out of sun. Paid Bourne’s bill for M’s nightdresses &

lining. £1.4.1½, tomatoes 7d, cotton 5d, 2 dog licences 15/-, postal order

for Smith & Larkes 7/6 & 6d stamps. Boots at Sandorns 4/8, tickets


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Fullers 18/- Drew cheque for £2.15.0. Tilda & self to tea at Edith V. Coles.

Lady Rose W. called, seemed pleased we asked Mr W. to dine during her

absence.

Sunday 6 March

V. cold slight snow. Letter fr. Mrs. Robb. In all day. Mr Weigall called. V.

cold.

Monday 7 March

Mr & Mrs. F.C.B. & Mr Hammond to dinner 7.30. Cleaned silver & shop’d.

4/- pd. out of pocket. Mrs. Berry & Miss Gould called. Vy. pleasant evg.

all in good spirits. Lin slight cold. V. happy about Mr Burnand saying

Maud’s drawing of Mrs. B, sh’d go into Punch!!! Seemed charmed with

her drawing. Letter fr. dear Roy. Bitterly cold.

Tuesday 8 March

Sent cheque of £8.5.0 to London & County Bank. Alice wages £3.0.0.

Lydia £3.6.8. Bitterly cold. Stiff neck, v. painful. Did silver & M’s dress

morg. Henny very ill, gave her brandy & oil. Lydia out. Lin went to town

by 4 train.

Wednesday 9 March

Neck v. bad, hurts all down back. Silver & M’s dress morg. M. slept in my

room, fire in it. Alice out by tea time & evg. George out also.

Thursday 10 March

Very busy morg. with silver & M’s dress. Neck v. painful & back. Lin

returned by 11 train. Worked hard all afternoon & evg, M’s dress. Lydia

paid my books for this & I hope remaining fr. last week’s.

Friday 11 March

Robbs been 12 weeks at Staf. Terrace today. Tilda left by 1.15, S.E. train.

Om. late will never rely on it again. Very cold, hard frost morg. Roads all

frozen. Finished with exception of sash & neck rib. Maud’s confirmation


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dress. Lin slight cold. My neck better but do not feel well. Mrs. S. v.

upset about letter fr. Mrs. Glossop. Mrs. Hammond & Mrs. B. Thornton

called. Did silver alone, took ¾ of an hour.

Saturday 12 March

Rec’d £7.3.0 Midge’s Dec. quarter. Edgar comes by Granville. Went

shop’g after lunch. V. tired with doing silver morg. & odds etc. Maud v.

seedy in bed still pain in her waist & looks hot & feverish. Slept in my

room but had v. bad night. Find Mad’lle no help in illness too dirty &

untidy for me. Edgar only arrived at 7.50. V. late dinner, enjoyed talk. Lin

on to Club with Ed. after for game of billiards. X. Received £7.3. balance

of Midge’s money.

Sunday 13 March

Gave Maud castor oil before breakfast, was v. feverish all night gave her

4 doses of diaphoretic. Went alone on parade met Borradailes,

Hammonds & Burnands etc. Edgar walked to St Peters & back. Lin rode

with Mr Burnand. Edgar left by 5.45 train. Maud in drawing room to

lunch, still looks hot & feverish. Paid 3 visits fr. oil.

Monday 14 March

X. Put £7.3.0 into P.O. Savings Bank for Midge. Lovely morg. Cold wind.

Silver & linen. Letter fr. Roy asking for more money. Took flowers over

to St Peters in fly. Called at Vicarage, out, & took Mrs. S. & Mad’lle with

me. Dear Maud remained with Lin drawing. Lin rode morg. with Mr

Burnand. Maud better but still complains of pain.

Tuesday 15 March

Perfect blizzard after lunch. X. Petite amie. Dear Maud down to

breakfast, did a few lessons, practised & did 2 charity drawings for Mrs

Burnand. Mr & Mrs. O’Connel to dinner, fearful night. Mr O’C charming,

stayed till 11 o’c. X. Letter fr Mr Ainger about Roy’s behaviour, making

us v. unhappy cannot imagine where he gets his manners, which have


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always made me uneasy. Lin rode morg. with Mr Burnand & sent Maud’s

drawing to him.

Wednesday 16 March

Dull morg. Wrote Roy. Sincerely hope he will do better. Took Mad. &

Mrs. S. & Maud for hour’s drive, 3/6. Letter fr. Mrs. Buck’r about her

son’s accident, football. Maud went to Mr Bartram’s about her

confirmation.

Thursday 17 March

Lovely day, much warmer. Lin v. busy with extra drawing. Letter fr. Roy

to Lin v. sorry & promising to do better. Took Mrs. S, Mad. & Maud for 2

hrs drive, new man. Called at St Lawrence Vicarage saw Fowlers. Mrs.

Hammond there. Left Ld Rosebery’s book “Pitt” at Westwood, out, saw

Millie with Mrs. Fitzgerald’s children there. 5/-. Maud & Mad. to tea at

Miss Gould’s. Lill Laver here to tea, stayed long while, seems still v.

weak fr. influenza. Mrs. Buckmaster sent me some lovely mauve iris. Her

son Willie had bad accident at football. Lin sent off drawing.

Friday 18 March

Glorious morg. X. Robbs move out of Stafford Terrace today after 3

months tenancy. Take Maud & Lill Laver for drive at 3 o’c. 10/- fly man

for 4 hours drive, 2 yesterday & 2 today. Called on Mrs. Warre & Lady

Rose Weigall, saw pictures. Feel unaccountably tired.

Saturday 19 March

Tea. Asked Mrs. Fowler, Mr & Mrs. Wills, Misses Stancombe to tea. Mrs

F. most amusing. Finished M’s dress for confirmation. Maud & Lin

walked & saw Mr Weigall’s pictures. Lin on to play tennis at Mrs. Buck’s.

Letter fr. Roy, slight cold. Letter fr. Emma & key. House been kept very

badly & v. dirty.

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To tea at Miss Gould’s. Walked morg. with Maud on Parade, her back so

painful. After lunch Maud & self called on Mrs. Burnand, saw (illeg) & Mr

a’B there & had tea, then in to Miss Gould’s. Mrs. Fowler & Frank &

Connie B. there. Alice out afternoon. Lin rode morg & met Mrs. Fowler.

Monday 21 March

Darling Maud to be confirmed at 3 o’c St George’s church Ramsgate by

Bishop of Dover. Lovely day. Go for drive at 11 o’c with Mr Wills, to

Convent & over it, enjoyed it immensely. Sent off “Les Francs fuges” p.

Robert. X. Sent 12/4½ to Marshall & Snelgroves for Maud’s dress (row of

figures) 10/-, sent rest in stamps. Very pretty sight confirmation. Took

over 3 hours, so many communicants. Connie B. & Mr & Mrs. a’Beckett

came for tea, stayed some time. Maud looked v. sweet in her dress but

all v. tired. Mrs. S. sat with me. Lin hunted with foxhounds, had good

day.

Tuesday 22 March

Pouring wet day. Letter fr. F. Robb. Packed 2 boxes, one for stores & the

other Apolinaris company. Turned out schoolroom cupboards. Poor

“Piebald” birdie v. ill but feeds, seems to suffer fr. Henny’s complaint.

Put up books for “Sailors Home” & “Porters”.

Wednesday 23 March

La mort de “Pie”. X. Send off Apolinaris empties & store ditto. 40916

case fr. A.N. Stores, full of empties. Lin to London by Gran. with 12

packages. Dear little “Pie” died this morg, seemed to suffer as “Henny”

did as he fed yesterday, did not (illeg) him anything. V. sorry to lose him,

our only 1891 bird. Cleaned cage myself. Sent Roy’s overcoat to Florrie

Blair, papers to Sailors’ Home & to “Railway Porters”. Lydia out. Lady

Salisbury’s at home every Wednesday. Called after lunch on Mrs.

O’Reilly, Lillie L, had tea there, on Miss Gould, Mrs. Hammond & Mrs.

Burnand there. Lill came home with me, lent her 6 books. My fan arrived

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Thursday 24 March

Maud & self to tea at 4 o’c at Mrs. Warre’s. Busy packing all morg. 5

boxes with Alice. Mad’lle v. kind also & anxious to help. Walked with

Maud to Mrs. Warre’s & had delightful afternoon, most kind. Saw all the

ivory ornaments etc done by Mr Warre. Heard about Lady Rose & Mrs.

Fowler’s disagreements, hope to keep clear of all quarrels. Stayed till 6

o’c & walked home. Lin v. busy, rode. He returned fr. town about 12

bringing back empties.

Friday 25 March

Maud to tea at Mrs. Buck’s, Bill there. Alice & self went to London by

Gran. with 6 boxes, returned by Gran. Unpacked at Staff. Ter in 1½ hrs.

Found all much as usual, no more dust than if house had been empty.

Brass evidently never polished & velvet Cromwell chair spoilt but £80 is

£80 & will cover small damages. Very tired on return. Alice good in

helping me. Home comfortably in time to rest before dinner. Lin very

busy.

Saturday 26 March

Fine & warm. Out morg with Lillie up & down parade. Did silver &

flowers. Wire fr. Mr Blunt cannot come, too seedy. Lin rode & looked

over Convent. Called on Mrs. Ross after lunch, met Sissie a’B. Walked

on Parade with her & came here to tea & walked back to Mrs. Burnand’s

with her. Met Connie & Rosie B. coming here for tea tomorrow. Maud to

lunch at Mrs. Buck’s. Bill there again. Dr. Carr to tea here, stayed ages,

old friend of Lin’s & Mrs. S’s, wild extravagant creature, takes gloomy

view of future!!!

Sunday 27 March

Dull wet foggy day, fortunate Mr Blunt did not come. In all day read &

tried to rest. Maud Lin & self went in to Mrs. F. C. B’s after dinner. Mr

Bastard! there, played race game, Maud won 6/3, Lin about same. Squire

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Monday 28 March

Packed & arranged things generally. Maud Lin & self dined at Mrs.

F.C.B’s. V. pleasant dinner, a’Becketts there. Played race game after

dinner. Mr Grain & 2 non creditable youths & Mr Bastard came in after

dinner, also Squire & Mrs. H. who called on me afternoon. Lost at race

game. Lin rode after lunch. Walked up Parade with Mr Burnand & Miss

Witchaw morg. V. cold N.E. wind gave a gale at night. Had fly to & from

F.C.B’s.

Tuesday 29 March

Cold N.E. wind. Cleaned & packed silver before 12. Dressed, walked with

Mr F.C.B, Mad’lle & Maud to Mrs. Warre’s & lunched there. Most kind, &

well managed house. Mr Warre gave me lovely little ivory Easter Egg &

showed me his work room. Whole house neat, orderly & well kept. Drove

after lunch to Westwood, Mrs. V. out, & to Vicarage, saw Mrs.

Whitehead, & home. Lin riding after lunch. Maud called on Miss Gould.

X. Sent Tuesday 29th March cheque of £30 for house & travelling

expences to London County Bank.

Wednesday 30 March

Glorious day. Lin off at 9.40, great commotion as usual. Engaged man

for luggage. Packed hard, so much more to do. Lill Laver came &

hindered. Vinten came for inventory. Lydia out.

Thursday 31 March

We return to London en masse! by 1.15 train. with 36 boxes! Lovely day.

Grand escapade with champagne in carriage! Mrs. S’s eye knocked by

Alice’s umbrella, must be most painful. Man followed our buss altho’ we

told him not, was most rude here & annoyed Lin v. much. Dogs having

battle royal under our skirts in om. as we drove into Stafford Ter. Had to

drag them away fr. each other. Unpacked same night & nearly

everything in place same night.

Fly om 7/-

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Porters here 5/-

C. X. om 6/-

4 tickets 1.4.8

Porters here 5/-

2 dogs 6. 0

Friday 1 April

Unpacked till lunch getting straight v. quickly considering 36 boxes.

Mrs. S’s eye better. Effie & Ethel E. called at tea time. I went after lunch

hunting for rooms for Mrs. S. Saw Mrs. Stace’s, wants £2.2.0 a week &

looks floppy & dusty, has 3 children. Called Miss Harcourt & asked her

landlady if she could recommend rooms. Saw some beautifully clean

rooms in Edwards Sqre & pleasant landlady & clean neat maid. Much

taken with them, ask only £1.5.0 all told. Dined at 9.15.

Saturday 2 April

X. New coachman came. Lovely day. Potted ferns, bought 2 for 1/4 at

door. Waddie with Gwen & Eve called morg, staying for week at

Mother’s, Tilda also. Maud & self took cab to Maiden Lane, Rules, where

met Lin had excellent lunch & on to pantomime “Humpty Dumpty” good

but v. vulgar. Mademoiselle met us there & Effie & Ethel English &

Spencer. Cabbed home 3/-, 2/- going. Mrs. Cox had tea here with Mrs. S.

who seems to like her, hope rooms & all will turn out well. Aunt Linda

called. X. New Coachman came, usual bother with sheets etc.

Sunday 3 April

Glorious morg. Went with Maud who looks languid & seems seedy to

Pro Cathedral, were on our way to St Paul’s but met Santley who said he

was going to Pro so followed him. Lin rode to Barkers but returned for

luncheon. Sp. & Hilda came morg, latter much improved. Maud & Lin to

see Kensington pictures! Mrs. S. had bad night her eye so painful. Lin &

self dine at Sir B. Bakers 7.30. Alice out afternoon & evg.

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X. 2 Postal orders taken out by Emma, Newland Ter. for Mrs. Andrews &

Mrs. Turner. Lovely day. Busy morg. with linen & turning out drawers.

After lunch drove with Mrs. S. to 14 Edwards Sqre saw rooms & Mr Cox,

quite a gentleman. Mrs. S. seemed pleased with her room. Left her,

home & went to Mother & with her to Sloane Street. V. crowded, shops

lovely. Lin’s cold very bad sent for carbolic & made him inhale. Mother

looks v. well. Tilda & Tabs’ 2 chicks still there. Saw Sp’s housemaid,

think wages very high unless a thorough servant. X. Mrs. Andrews

£1.7.1, Mrs. Turner 3/6. 2/- cabs to & fr. Mrs. S’s rooms.

Tuesday 5 April

Lovely day. Maud out early with Mad’lle. Lin’s cold better tho’ still v.

heavy. Sent Mrs. Andrews P.O. order for £1.7.1 and Mrs. Turner 3/6,

paying books up completely at Ramsgate. Bought 2 prs gloves Derry’s

after lunch. Miss Clerke, Mrs. H. Levy & Alice Linley called. Lydia

cleaned my room v. nicely.

Wednesday 6 April

Take Maud to Dr Robson Roose, to be there at ¼ to 11. £1.1.0. Paid cab

1/8. Mrs. Sambourne goes to her new rooms at Mrs. Cox, 14 Edwardes

Sqre. Met Mrs. Lucy & Mr Milliken at Dr R’s who says Maud’s back is

weak & she must go to a surgeon Dr Noble Smith. Walked part of way

home, met Tilda who came with us. Lovely day. Took Mrs. S. in cab to

her rooms 5 o’c, look charming. Maud & Mad. came after with flowers.

Untold relief! Mrs. Heilbut called. Cab for Mrs. S. 1/6. Lydia out evening.

Thursday 7 April

Lovely day. Silver & brass in drawing room dirty. La cuisinière (illeg) une

mauvais humeur en bas E. Walked to Mother’s after lunch & had tea

there & bought rib. 2d. Lin rode, found mare’s nose injured fr. switch

where? Called & saw his mother, seems v. happy & comfortable. Mad’lle

went later. Lin’s cold better but does not look well, headache. Thinks he

smoked & drank too much “Punch dinner”. Sp. called morg. when Lin

was photoing self as “France”. Went off in huff as Lin was so busy.


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Friday 8 April

Darling Roy returns home fr. Eton, arrives at 9 o’c A.M. Mrs. Clarke 10,

11.30.

Saturday 9 April

X. Petit ami au soir. Boat race. Lovely day. Mad. & self in cab to Mrs.

Donaldson’s, had to walk fr. there to wharf, road up. Lin, Maud & Roy in

cart with mare, new man Fernel (sic, Purnell) with them. Mad. returned

after race. Cambridge lost by nearly 3 boats lengths, Roy delighted.

Sunday 10 April

Lovely day. Lin & Roy riding over to Wimbledon to lunch with Barkers.

Maud & Mad. in Park for walk. Sp. & Hilda to tea. Mad. to Mrs. S. for tea,

v. well & happy there. Horrid cold in head & feel generally seedy.

Banbury came morg. to see Roy. Roy went & had tea with him at Queens

Gate on return fr. Wimbledon, & walk. Afraid we cannot go abroad, sh’ll

certainly not be fit for fatigue by Thursday. Lydia to Church morning.

Monday 11 April

Washing 2 weeks £1.6.0. In bed all day till 6, cold v.bad, chest hurts v.

much. Got up 6, room felt so untidy & uncomfortable. Roy had 5/- of his

money & went on Serpentine with Banbury. Mad. & Maud to see Mrs S.

Lydia took Mrs. S’s washing to her.

Tuesday 12 April

In bed till 12.30. V. seedy. Sp. came. Mrs. Spofforth & Nellie called. Saw

Sp’s maid, seems sorry not to come & seems willing & obliging & Sp.

says is good servant. Roy to Olympia to see “Venice”.

Wednesday 13 April

In bed till 12. Feel v. weak & seedy. Sp. called usual grizzle of Oakes!

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(illeg). No Punch dinner. Lin hard at work beautiful drawing in progress

à propos of (illeg).

Thursday 14 April

Lovely day. V. cold. Rained morg. & little snow, fine later. Mother came &

bought me some lovely flowers & stayed some time in my bed room.

Maud bad cold, & Alice. Lin & Roy out to lunch. Emma pd. books, v.

high, also £1.0.0 to Mrs. S. & 4/6 to Miss Harcourt for medicine. X. Drove

in brougham for first time with new man, Purnel, drove mare, not as

good manners as Jolly but better driver I fancy. Called on Aunt Linda,

Mrs. Hartree & Mrs. H. Power & brought new (illeg) shoes at Marshall &

Willets. Mother also brought me 6 bottles of beautiful port. Jane came

with little boy, seems v. happy. Gave her 1/-.

Friday 15 April

Lovely morg, little warmer but still cold wind. Came down to breakfast.

Maud & Roy cold too bad for church, noisy coughs. Roy & Lin after

lunch to town & tea at Club. I walked & saw Mrs. S. looking v. red &

untidy. Had tea with her. Cozy room clean & pretty little maid & Mrs. Cox

looking v. neat & nice as usual. Mad. & Maud had tea with me in drawing

room. Alice had cold.

Saturday 16 April

Bitterly cold. Snowed a little morg. Bought 4 plants. Packed up silver for

Broadwood & Glossop, Sheffield to be re-done. Mended china, chair etc.

Lin & Roy to “Olympia” after lunch, came back to dinner ¼ to 7 after

being shown over kitchens etc at “Olympia” & being treated “au Prince”.

Went off together to “Adelphi” theatre to see “The trumpet calls”. Maud

& self went in brougham at 3 with mare to Queens Rd, bought

chocolates. Mde. Bocquet away. Bought sausages & primroses. Colds

all bad still.

4 plants 2.6

2 lbs sausages 1.8

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chocolates 1.6

odds, ties etc 14.10½

Pd £1. 0. 0 ½

Sunday 17 April

Lovely day. Bitterly cold. Maud & self to St Paul’s for communion. Had

to come out cough so bad. On way home met Mrs. Coward going to

Communion service at St Mary Abbots, she took Maud. Very

disappointed not to be with her as it is her first “Communion”. Mrs. S.

spent day here. V. well but does not like to think it. Called enquired for

Mrs. Orton, getting better. Lin rode 3½ hours. Sp. dined here, seemed

junpy. Called morg. with Hilda could not ask him to lunch, too many, &

child so uncanny(?). Emma out.

Monday 18 April

Lovely day. Very cold. Snow in many parts of country ½ foot deep.

Arranged wardrobe in pantry with Lin, all but top shelf mine now. Maud

washing handkerchiefs, 30. Roy round to Mrs. S. & stayed some time

after tea. Raining hard 6.30. Lin busy tidying all day. Colds much as

usual. Mother’s birthday at Con’s, Fittleworth.

Tuesday 19 April

Drove mare to Fisher’s about dress, v. dear. No one called. Lin rode evg.

Wednesday 20 April

Alice out. Fine day, warmer. Went at 2.30 to Maskelyn & Cooke’s, Lin, M,

Roy & self. V. good performance, vanishing man wonderful. Walked with

Maud morg. to dressmaker, wants £3.30. Called at “Work House” &

“Cripples Home”. Lin rode ¼ p. 9 till ¼ p. 10 o’c. Roy v. troublesome

evening, to bed at 9. Books v. heavy £6.16.5. ? no company.

Thursday 21 April

Lovely day. Ans’d letter fr. Eff about Annie & hope there will be no

mistake. Mother returns from Con’s. Take Maud to Noble Smith at 4.30


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about her back, spine bones. £2.2.0 fee. V. kind. Long rigmarole about

backs generally, can see dear M’s is a little out but thankful we have had

advice soon. Go Monday to be fitted with support. New man v. dense in

finding places, don’t believe he can read. Cleaned all furniture in morg.

room, Alice did boards, put up curtains, took 3 hours. Went to Fishers

ordered dress £8.18.6, grey & white vest. Mad. to see Mrs. S, v. cross.

Friday 22 April

Lovely day, v. warm. Went with Maud to Miss Manning about M’s dress,

wants £4.5.6 for it. V. dear, if I had time c’d do it for £2.17.9. After lunch

drove with Roy to in brougham to Bond St. Treated Roy to 3 éclats (sic)

walked up & down Bd. St. Awfully pretty women & smart dresses. Left

letter at Proff. Flower’s & to Natural History Museum, & home. Roy very

good & sweet. Maud to be fitted at 6 o’c, & to see Mrs. S. Lin dining at

Metropole with Gordon & other directors of Hotels. Letter fr. Mr Welch,

abroad, not pd. my or Midge’s March quarter. Expenses today 2/6.

Saturday 23 April

X. M’s little F. Mr Hartree’s dinner 7.45. Try on grey dress Fishers,

unable to go. Went after lunch with Roy & M. to Lyric Theatre to see

“Mountebanks”. Mad’lle & Lin met us there. V. good but not equal to rest

of Gilbert’s pieces with Sullivan, Cellier’s music pretty only. On to New

Gallery after, Private View. No particular striking picture. Watts portrait

of Walter Crane most attractive to us! Met Tademas, Danes, Blackburns,

Mrs. a’ Beckett & Pat, Tommy v. ill. Just time to get home & have cup of

tea & dress. Excellent dinner at Mr Hartree’s. 3 strange men, 2 officers

off ship Mr H. came fr. Ceylon in. Miss Stan(?) & Miss Samuda. Mr H.

gave us each a Ceylon bowl. Furnel (sic) drove unpleasantly to theatre,

slack rein & jerks like Jolly.

Sunday 24 April

Mrs. Palmer’s dinner 7.45. Lovely day. Went with Maud morg. to

Mother’s, out. Sat in Park, om 2d. Cab home 1/-. Lin & Roy to Zoo, met V.

& Lady M. Watney. Harold & Hilda Paxton came to ask Roy to supper,


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w’d not go. V. pleasant evg. at Mrs. Palmer’s. Gen. du Plat there, silly as

usual. Home late. Alice out after tea & evg. again.

Monday 25 April

Dr. Smith 12.30. Dress fitted. Pouring wet. Lydia & Alice late morg. Maud

& self in cab to Dr. Smith, 2/-. Had instrument fitted, apallingly heavy &

complicated, made Maud quite poorly. Had my dress fitted at Fisher’s &

home in bus 6d. Went directly after lunch in brougham with Lin to

Academy, left Lin & called on Mrs. Joshua, de la Rue, Alexander, &

Mother. Had tea there. Judy staying with Mother. Called & saw Mr

Paxton.

Tuesday 26 April

Miss Warre & Susie a’B. coming to tea. Mrs. Paxton. Shop’d morg.

Cakes 1/-, flowers 1/-, mending material for Roy 1/1½, sponge cakes for

Mrs. S. 6d, comb & hairpins 1/6, total 5/1½. Took Maud to be fitted with

her dress at Miss Manning’s. Maud & Mad’lle in carriage at 12o’c for

patterns. Con came after lunch & stayed some time, looks wonderfully

well. Called morg. & sat some time with Mrs. Sambourne. Lin riding. Sp.

Mr Paxton, Miss Warre & Mrs. a’Beckett & Pat called.

Wednesday 27 April

Annie T. between 2 & 3 o’c. Did not come. Took Roy to Christie

Minstrels, v. good. Came on pouring wet whilst there. Lin at Academy

with Mr Burnand doing work Furniss generally does, caricaturing

pictures. Carriage worries increase, medicine for horses, harness does

not fit!!! etc etc. Shall be thankful when it’s given up. Cleaned out

drawing room cabinet with Maud, Mad. & Roy, latter v.v. tiresome, quite

wore me out. Lydia out.

Thursday 28 April

Asked Miss Gill to luncheon. Ap’t with Mr Smith at 12 o’c. Dull wet morg

& v. cold. French jury have let off “Navachol”(?) Spanish anarchist.

Cowards, & world will suffer. Lady M. Watney called. Mrs. S. to lunch! &


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tea! Sent Alice to Mother with Midge’s letter. Mrs. Paxton & Maud called,

latter grown v. handsome & v. tall. Lin doing Academy caricatures.

Bought hat £1.10.0 Maison Nouvelle. Maud’s materials for hat 10/5¾, veil

1/3½.

Friday 29 April

Asked Miss Gill to tea. Private View at Academy. Mrs. Calderon at home

4 - 5.30. Rec’d Midge’s & my quarter’s money for March, £50 cheque,

due 13th March. Had good look round pictures none v. remarkable. Fine

blue seascape of Moore’s sold for £1000. President’s “Garden of

Hesperides” “Sea giving up dead”, Dicksie’s “Leila”. Many pretty

dresses, stripes all fashion, long skirts, full sleeves & sashes to bottom

of skirts. Zouaves v. fashionable. Lin hard at work all day dined at 11.15.

Saturday 30 April

Two Miss Davis’ to lunch. Maud ap’t with Mr Smith at 10.30. Box for “A

Fool’s Paradise”. Mr Smith gave me book on spinal complaints! Walked

thro’ Bond St. Met Eykyne girls. Om. going & returning 10d, cakes 1/6.

Doctor £1.1.0. Lin Roy & self in cab to theatre, Maud & two Miss D’s in

brougham. Bad mutton! Miss D & self in cab returning 2/- & M. & Ethel in

brougham. Roy & Lin to Club. Drawing room not turned out. “Fool’s

Paradise” disappointing at end, well acted by Hare, Kerr, Irving jnr, Kate

Rorke & Olga Nethersole. Letter fr. Tabs, arrives Monday at Alexandra

Hotel fr. South of France.

Sunday 1 May

Took Roy & Maud to 9.30 service St. M. Abbots. Roy v. troublesome, so

rude & noisy. Went to Mother’s, just starting for church, walked with her

to St. M.A’s & went on to see Mrs. S. & home. Roy so rude about port

wine made me quite ill & had good cry, unable to go down to lunch. Lin

to Sir A. Hickman’s for tennis, refused to take Roy. Think Roy more

unhappy at his own disappointment than sorry to make me unhappy,

hope I am wrong. Strange heavy day with yellow light. Lydia out.


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Monday 2 May

X. Black Monday. Emma going & new housemaid coming fr. Con’s,

Annie Tallant. Dull morg. Maud Paxton for walk with Mad’lle & M. Roy

subdued & v. quiet. Cleaned silver wine cooler. Pouring wet. Out morg.

Pass book in, find I have nearly £100 to my own account. Bought 2 prs

of shoes at once 16/8 on strength of it at Barkers. Roy & self called at

Alexander Hotel for Tabs, not arrived yet, to tea at Mrs. Palmer’s, & left

cards at Mr Hartree’s. Raining hard, came home. Lin working hard at

“Illustrated London News” Jubilee drawing.

Tuesday 3 May

Maud’s ap’t Mr Smith 11 o’c. £1.1.0. Took Roy with us. Fisher’s to be

fitted, dress as bad as ever. Called Mrs. Mackinlay, both children to tea

there at 4 o’c till 5.30. Barkers, ordered lamb, haddock & dressed crab,

bought cakes & mint 1/-. New maid très verte l’idée de demander autant!

Ne vaut pas plus que seize livres. Kitchen clock fell down! Water & tea

cold first morg. E. goes! Mr Farquharson & cousin clergyman, Aunt

Linda & Ethel, Miss Sandeman, Mr Paxton, Fanny B. & Mary Carter

called. Lord Kingsborough sent me a cake stand for tea.

Wednesday 4 May

Dear Roy returns to Eton. Busy packing & mending all morg. Mad.

helping. Maud to lunch & tea at Mrs. F.C.B’s , 27 Boltons. Roy & self to

Mrs. S’s at 4.30, to Mother who gave him 10/- & Mrs. Burnand who gave

him 5/- when he fetched Maud. Alice out directly after lunch. Annie did

dining room, is not neat in her work & is very slow. Mad’lle took Roy to

Paddington & saw him off.

Thursday 5 May

Mrs. Palmer’s fancy dress ball. Cold & dull. Shop’g morg. Ordered 2lbs

4oz fillet beef, 1lb beans 1/4. Took M. to Mrs. P’s. Mad’lle fetched her

9.30. Lin working awfully hard at Illustrated London News drawing,

Jubilee Drawing, altered face & bothered himself. Unable to dine till 10

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Friday 6 May

Mrs. Medley at home 4.30. Shop’g morg. Ordered cakes 1/6, haddock 9d

fr Barkers. Mary & Ethel B. to lunch & tea. Maud Paxton stood to Lin for

drawing & stayed luncheon. April weather, alternate showers. Called

about kitchen clock which fell down after Emma left, will do it

thoroughly at Meigers for 12/-. X. Petit ami. Called after lunch on Mrs

Donaldson all down measles. Mrs. Kemp, Mona had just had operation

of 13 teeth extracted, 3 doctors chloroform & entire set false teeth to

follow! Expense! To Mrs. Medley’s, & to dine with Mother. Home by 9

o’c, put Maud to bed, bad cold & sore throat.

Saturday 7 May

Ap’t Mr Smith £1.1.0. Unable to go, Maud’s cold v. bad, sore throat. Self

in bed till 12.30. Lin rode. Mare’s mane v. dirty, Lin v. angry riding with

Messrs Stone, Wyndham etc all who have horses at livery & much better

done. Maud & self after lunch to Mrs. Lewis’s, Mrs. Vicat Cole’s &

Madame B. out. Bought Maud diaphoric for her cold 1/3, jelly 1/- & meat

juice 1/6, total 3/9. Emma’s little bird dead & Waddie’s v. ill. Gave it salad

oil & brandy with warm milk & bread. Bird better, put it in fresh cage.

Maud going to sleep in spare room. Pd. Mad’lle salary, 3 months due 5th

of April & her book £13.10½. Pd. Lydia 3 months ditto to 30th April £3.6.8.

Pd. Alice 2 months ditto to 10th inst £3.

Sunday 8 May

Lovely day. Maud’s throat still bad & she looks heavy about eyes. Lin

rode morg. with “Two Pins” Club & lunched at Richmond. Played tennis

after with Sir A. Hickman. Sp. & Douglas, Miss English & two Miss Davis’

called. Mad’lle beautiful in new gown & hat looking v. nice, went to see

Mrs. S. Emma came. V. sorry about her bird. Waddie’s bird better. Lydia

to church morg.

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Mrs. Carbutt at home 4 o’c. App’t Mr Smith 1.30. Took M. to doctor

£1.1.0. To Fisher’s, dress abominable. Saw Mr Fisher, v. angry about

dress, promised it sh’d be altered. To Madame B, decided to wait. To

Mrs. Warre’s. Called on Miss Lutyens. Lin rode before breakfast.

Tuesday 10 May

Lovely day. Only Mrs. Burnand & Connie & Marion Pollock called. In all

day. Lin rode early.

Wednesday 11 May

Mrs. Medley at home Lyric Club private entertainment 10 o’c, Corney

Grain. Maud & self dine at Mrs. Burnand’s. Miss Davis’ tennis party 4 to

7. Lydia paid books £11.1.0½ fortnight. Called with Maud after lunch at

Mr Davis’, left M. Alma Tadema, Symonds, Wyllie, Macmillan, Lehmann,

Möller, Paxton, Spofforth & Gale. M. & self dined at Mrs. Burnand’s.

Charming house. Lin rode morning. Entirely forgot Mrs. Medley’s. Annie

out. Fishers sent dress, better but still has alterations to be made. Mrs.

S. here all day.

Thursday 12 May

Mrs. Paxton’s tea 4 - 7. Alice out. Out morg. to Barkers, walked thro’

Kensington with Dr. Smiles. Ordered cod for tonight, not A1, & new

potatoes. Studs 10½, linen cotton 3d, loaf 1d & radishes 3d. Lin rode

before breakfast. K. clock back. Called after lunch & left blue & red

velvet dresses at Miss Mannings. Called on Mrs. Kemp, Mother, Lady M.

W, Alexandra Hotel. Tabs gone, only there Wed night. Entered £22.17.0

in Midge’s P.O. Order book, the full limit, wd not let me enter £25. £2.3.0

left don’t know where to put it! Stayed some time at Mrs. Flower’s most

kind, charming mus at Lady de Burgh. Took Maud to Mrs. Paxton.

Motley crowd. Kind but uninteresting. Lin dining at Reform Club with Mr

J. Livesey. Every corner in House now fitted with corner cupboards!

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Mrs. Medley at home 4.30. I dined at Mother’s, called first on Mrs. C.

Mackenzie, Mrs. Wright, H. Peto, Ross, Rainbow, Nottage, Maclaren,

Waring. Dined at ¼ to 11.

Saturday 14 May

Mrs. Heilbut’s dinner 7.45. Mr Smith ap’t 12 o’c. Shop’g morg. To Mr S.

Maud to go again Friday. To “Pantomime rehearsal” at Court theatre,

took Maud P. 2/- cab there, 2/- cab back. Windows cleaned by man Hill,

wants too much but did them well. V. pleasant din. at Mrs. H’s. Mr H.

took me in. Mr & Mrs. Burnand there. Lord Mountmorris(?) called to see

Lin morg. about work.

Sunday 15 May

Mr Ryle, Mr Guthrie, Mr Stone, Ethel English to dinner 7.30. Anchovies &

cress sandwiches. Soup clear. Salmon, cucumber. Roast lamb, beans,

new potatoes. Asparagus. Roast chickens & salad. Sandringham pud,

apricots à la crème. Haddock savory. Lin drove to Jack Straw’s Castle

for meet of “2 Pins Club”. I went morg to 9.30 service St Mary Abbots, so

cold had to come out during sermon. V. weak address so lost nothing.

Maud’s cold v. bad & looks pale & seedy. Sp. & children called morg.

Not well cooked dinner, things cold & butter horrid. Too large dish

asparagus & veg’ts watery. Girls waited pretty well only coffee not well

served.

Monday 16 May

Cold. Fire in dining & drawing rooms. Mary & Ethel B. here to tea &

dinner. To Miss Manning about red velvet dress & Tisdale about

pressing it. After lunch drove to Mrs. S, depressed, Mrs. Carbutt, Aird,

Messel, & tea with Mother, only pretty well. Maud’s cold better but still

looks pale. X. Maud’s first drawing in “Punch” of Mrs. Burnand, looks

charming. Mrs. Wergmann called.

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Lovely day. To Miss Manning to be fitted 10 o’c. Ordered lamb & fish

Barkers. Lord Mountmorris called to see Lin morg. Lin lunching at

Garrick with Mr Stone & to horse show after. Maud & Mad. & 2 dogs for

drive at 12 o’c in Park. X. Maud’s petit ami. Mrs. Rainbow, Mrs. Harley,

Mrs. Tweedie & Mrs. C. Burnand called. Lin dined at Garrick with Mr

Stone. Sent Alice in hansom with Lin’s evg. suit & overcoat 2/4.

Wednesday 18 May

M’s cold better. Shop’g morg. Florrie Blair called, asked her to lunch

tomorrow. Wonder why I always feel on my metal with her, & all the

Leighs, distinctly antagonistic to me. Maud & Mad’lle drove out in

carriage morg. in Park. Philip B. called & had tea. Mrs. S. here all day.

Mad’lle walked back with her. Mrs. Cox brought her morning.

Thursday 19 May

Mrs. Clarke 12 – 2. Lin photod Maud & M. Paxton as cricketers. Mr P.

came in had long talk on American Rlys, he believes in Pensylvania!

Paid books v. heavy £7.2.1½. Ordered fowl 3/9 Barkers. Met Mrs. R.

Welch & Annabelle Barnes. F. Blair to lunch, on best behaviour. M. &

Mad. in brougham at 3 to see Mother & Mrs. S. Heavy showers. Tilda

called looking v. nice in grey black & yellow. Packed box & general tidy.

Friday 20 May

Mrs. Medley 4.30. Started in Om. by way of Dover & Calais at 9.45, Lin,

Maud & self. Rough passage. Hooks, Peter Reed etc on board. Hotel

Meurice. Excellent dinner. “Bonne femme” soup, fried fish & excellent

sauce, delicious roast chickens, salad & petit pois, compôte of fruit &

sponge cakes sugared. Rooms, salon, bedroom & ditto for Maud,

dressing room & ante room, & co(?) à l’entresol, charming overlooking

Tuilleries, 25 francs a day.

Saturday 21 May

D. V. Lin, Maud & self go to Paris. Paris. Got up early & out by 9.30 after

café in our rooms. Maud & self to “Bon Marché” changed ceinture


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ordered black & pink dress 96 frcs, silk petticoat 39 frcs, Maud’s 2 silk

stockings 9.50 the pair. To “Ledoyen” met Lin, had lunch, only grilled

chicken salad, asparagus & hors d’oeuvres, 2 cafés & 2 yellow

chartreuses 25 frs 95. Salon after. Vast. Met Hooks. Detaille’s picture v.

fine. Renan p. Bonnard. “Les Conquerants” & Gerome’s painted statue

in ivory & bronze of B(blank), goddess of war, & Pygmalion & Galatea

most striking. Maud & self to tea at C. Stokes, 35 Bvd. Haussmann. C. S.

went after with us to Restaurant on B. Italien, din 4.50. most excellent.

Walked with us to Circle Nouveau, most amusing “Roi d’Agobert” water

scene, & to Hotel to bed. C. & wife all packed leave Paris tomorrow for

Copenhagen.

Sunday 22 May

Letter fr. dear Roy. Glorious day. Breakfast café simple in our sitting

room & Maud in her blue & black, self in new grey tailor dress & Lin off

by 11 o’clock to the Madeleine. V. full & sat next to Stanhope Forbes &

wife. Walked along Bvd. des Italiens & took fiacre to Mons. Bonvoisin 53

rue Pierre Charon, Champs Elysées. Col & Madame (blank) there,

charming rooms top floor. Had Lyons sausage, radishes, butter, prawns

served first on one tray. Roast mutton & fried heap of potatoes all

served on one dish, savoury custard with delicious sauce in centre &

round. Cold boiled fowl, salad. Wild strawberries, little sweet tartlets &

cakes. Madame B. v. aimiable, all anxious to talk English. Took fly to

“Academie des Beaux Arts” pictures of Sargents, Burans (illeg) woman.

Little girl with blk stockings. Vast place.

Monday 23 May

Paris. Mrs. Holl 10 P.M. Lovely day. Shop’d at Louvre with Maud. Met Lin

& Mons. Bonvoisin (who lunched with us) at “Ledoyen”. Mons B. told us

of the wild goose chase we were foolish enough to follow to our cost

evg. Feel v. angry with him. After lunch sat on Champs Elysées. To Hotel

to rest but the Forbes called, so had tea served in our little salon.

Dressed after hurriedly & drove to Avenue des Acacias, à la Mons. B.

Gave cocher 3 frcs, rest asked much more. 2½ frcs fare gave him 50


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cents à boire. Walked fr. Avenue miles miles miles in gayest scene of

carriages & exquisitely dressed women. Polo match. To lands end. Bois

empty & still c’d not reach Restaurant des Cascades. At 7 o’c or after

got there, tables & no one dining. Found one solitary fiacre & drove back

tired & angry to Ledoyens where we dined thankfully & to

Ambassadeurs after. V. décolté music singing & dancing. Home & to

bed but not to sleep.

Tuesday 24 May

Mrs. Lehmann’s daughter’s wedding 4 - 6. To be fitted Bon Marché. V.

tired & could not sleep fr. heat & noise. Met Lin after fitting & various

purchases at “Ledoyen”, had lunch, met “Shannons” & Stanhope

Forbes lunching together there. Sat in Champs Elysées after with

Forbes for long while, then to Hotel. Packed, table d’hôte dinner & left at

7.30 for Calais. Mons. Schrerot(?) came to say goodbye. Lin paid my

account for mantle etc amounting to 259 frcs in his bill, so owe him

£10.7.6.

Wednesday 25 May.

Staff. Ter. 8 o’c. The Marchioness of Salisbury’s reception at Foreign

Office, Queen’s birthday. Reached home before 8. Had breakfast & to

sleep after & bath. Maud v. tired. Had carriage to ourselves fr. Paris to

Calais & slept. Heat intense, Maud & Lin feel it most. Small boat fr.

Calais to Dover, sat on deck all night. Dull evg. at Foreign Office no

doubt on ac’t of Duke of Clarence’s death. Keiths, Webster, Tadema,

Lucas etc. Annie out.

Thursday 26 May

Mrs Cowen’s at home 9.30. Took Maud to Noble Smith £1.1.0. V. v. tired

only reached home 2 o’c this morg. fr. Mrs. Quilter’s after Foreign Office

recept. V. hot close & sultry. No sun but dull & damp heat, beastly after

Paris. Hot & steamy. Mrs. Paxton called. Mutually agree London beastly,

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Friday 27 May

Mrs. Medley 4.30. Lovely day, v. hot. Lin rode early. Girls late. I took cab

to Mrs. F.C.B’s asked Connie to go to dine at Mr Stone’s Members

Mansions & to opera after. Sir T. Lucas’ box for tonight “Manon” & Van

Dyke as Count des Grieux. Delighted with his voice most exquisite &

plays so well too. Connie B. & self dined at Members Mansions Mr

Stone’s rooms. Lin joined us when half thro’ dinner. Drove in two

hansoms to opera which we all enjoyed immensely, music charming so

bright & full of melody. Judge Bacon came & sat thro’ one entire act in

our box. Mr Stone wanted to take us on to supper at Criterion after but

afraid of Mrs. B. being anxious about Connie. Lin & Mr S. off together.

Saturday 28 May

Lin goes to Mr Livesey’s with Mr Stone. V. delighted with what he saw.

Home to dinner & Sp. dined here also. Maud tells me I was snappish to

Sp. at dinner. V. sorry had no idea or intention of being so. Morg. walked

to Butts ordered fruit salad & vegts, & on to Mrs. S. Met Dr Smiles, had

usual long chat with him. Took Mrs. S. with me in carriage to Madame

B’s. Settled on black & grey dress for £9.9.0. Maud & Mad. to see

coaches meet in Park v. crowded (coaching club). Annie took Mrs. S.

back in the evening. V. v. hot & windy, had tea in garden.

Sunday 29 May

Lin goes with the “Two Pins Club” to Lord Rosebery’s the “Durdans” &

sleeps night at Sir C. Russell’s. To church with Maud. V. hot. Took dogs

out after. Lin off by quarter to 9 o’c. Annie out afternoon & evening.

Offered her but found she did not go. Ethel English, Mr Davis jnr. & 2

sisters, Bill Weigal & Tilda came to tea. Tilda remained to supper. V.

pleasant afternoon & evg. Miss Koch came to see Mad’lle, so glad for

her to see a friend.

Monday 30 May

Mrs. Mocatta’s dinner 8 o’c. Mrs. Spielman’s dinner 8 o’c. Lin returned fr.

Sir C. Russell’s at 9.10 after 18 mile ride. Girls late. Meet of “Four in


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Hand Club”. Maud & self in cab to Hyde Pk. Corner met Tilda & saw

drags splendidly. Met Mad’lle. Maud & self home in cab en tout 2/6.

Books less can afford 1/- cab! Maud Paxton came to tea with M. Mad. &

Maud called to see Mrs. S, seemed well. Alice also went. Met mass of

Jews at Mocattas besides Cap’n & Mrs. Wetherell, C. Praeds. Dullish

dinner for me, Lin enjoyed his talk with Mrs. Sterne (Miss Jessel). V. glad

as he was so tired.

Tuesday 31 May

Morg. alone by bus to Woollands, chose 2 blouses mauve. Ordered 4

yards of blue serge for Maud Harvey Nicol’s. Maud in carriage to Mr

Davis’. Mad’lle fetched her at 6 o’c. Heavy thunderstorm. V. sultry & hot.

Wednesday 1 June

X. Petit ami. Lovely day. Derby won by outsider at 3 o’c by Sir Hugo,

Lord Bradford’s colt. La Flèche Baron Hirsch’s second. “Orme” first

favourite unable to run. In bed till 12.30. Mrs. S. here to lunch, tea, &

supper with Mad’ll. Mrs. S. drove with me to Mde. Bocquet’s, material

not arrived. Maud & self dined at Mrs. Burnand’s. M. spent day there.

Tilda called. Lin to Punch din. & Mr Gilbert’s. X. Petit ami.

Thursday 2 June

In bed till 12.30. At 3 o’c to Fisher’s left bodice to have buttons put on.

Tilda to tea & dinner. Lin finished drawing “The Duffer”. Cut out dress

blue serge.

Friday 3 June

Mrs. Medley’s 4.30. Lady Lucas at home 4 o’c. Drove at 3 to Mrs. Watney.

Marshall’s, bought velvet, saw Mrs. MacLean & handsome dau. Furnell

jerked Marquis so abominably spoke to him as the horse had a cut of

whip across head which I can’t stand. Drove to Lady Hickman’s, in

turning Furnell backed carelessly & then punished horse again for his

own stupidity. V. angry. Made me feel ill. Unable to call Lady L’s so went


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to Mother’s had tea & came home. Mrs. Paxton & Maud came in & had

chat. Mary & Ethel B. here. Mary ill, had to go home.

Saturday 4 June

Mr Ainger’s to lunch 2 o’c. Great Eton day! Mrs. Richmond’s at home 4 -

7. Too seedy to go. Lin & Maud to Eton, had lovely day. Had lunch at Mr

A’s, tea in Roy’s room, & on steam orchestra launch with Mr & Mrs. W.

Clowes. Mad. & self day alone, sat in garden. Con & Mr English called &

had tea. Lin & Maud home at 9.30 for late supper.

Sunday 5 June

Lady Hickman’s tennis & dinner to Lin & self after. Lin rode three hours

morg, caught in heavy thunderstorm. Mr & Mrs. Paxton, Maud & Mons.

Anoul a Belge called. Pleasant dinner at Lady H’s.

Monday 6 June

Mrs. Rawlinson’s tennis. Mr Paxton called & kept me ages. Mr & Mrs.

Paxton dined with us in evg.

Tuesday 7 June.

Weston Subedge. Mrs. Gale’s at home 5 - 7. Came by 1.35 fr. Paddington

with Maud to stay at Canon Bourne’s. Lovely day. Lin left early 8.30 for

Chesterfield. Mad’lle saw M. & self off. Two return 2nd C. fares £2.5.0, cab

2/6, porters 1/-. Total £2.8.6. Nina met us at Honeybourne looking v. well.

Canon also looking better then last year. Twelve to dinner here, Mr (illeg)

& son, Mr & Mrs. & Miss Chadwick etc. Lin pd. £25 to my account for

house money. Mr Cawston stayed night. V. funny man, upholds theories

he evidently does not practice. My faith in church-going going!

Wednesday 8 June

Lovely day. Sat out all morning. Drove at 3 0’c to Mrs. Millet & had tea

there under tree in her pretty garden, flowers lovely. Katie M. & two boys

v. much grown, Mrs. M. as pretty as ever. Told us of Mr Millet’s being

“boss” of Chicago Exhibition grounds. Enjoyed drive immensely so


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warm & snug. Louisa & Maud played tennis. Mr (blank) left after

breakfast.

Thursday 9 June

Aunt Linda’s dance 9.30. Lovely day. Drove at 2.30 to Mr Chadwick’s

most lovely view fr. his house & grounds. Mrs. Millet to dinner looked

charming. Drove home at night. The Canon went to workman’s

luncheon, speeches etc! Intensely hot.

Friday 10 June

Mrs. Medley 4.30. Mrs. B.Tomlin at home 9.30.

Saturday 11 June

Mrs. Critchett’s dinner 8 o’c, ref’d. Mrs. Richmond’s 4 - 7. Canon Bourne

went to stay until Monday at Mr Rushout’s. Maud & Louisa out painting

all morning & afternoon. Nina & self to see cottager’s little girl. Played

tennis with Nina, felt v. hot & out of breath! Lin arrived at 5.15. Tea on

lawn. Thought he had lost his bag, found on seat of carriage. Danced

evg! Slept with Maud after 12. 30, too hot in Lin’s bed. Alice went home

& slept out night.

Sunday 12 June

Wet morg. Went to Church with Nina. X. Maud petit ami. Lin walked to

Broadway & posted letters after tea. Maud rested on my bed. Lin wrote

letters & I went to sleep after lunch. Slept with Maud. Alice ret’d this evg.

Monday 13 June

Mrs. Rawlinson’s tennis. Came to Lin’s room 5 o’c morg. Slept well. The

Canon returnes today. Maud & Louisa off sketching. Nina & self to

Evesham at 2 o’c met the Canon who returned with us. Did shopping

bought corn plasters & sent telegram to Mons. Bonvoisin at Grand

Hotel. Lord Coventry sent ticket for Grand enclosure at Ascot to Lin for

Mons. Bonvoisin. Lin worked on Punch Index. He & I walked to top!!! of


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Dovers Hill before dinner, lovely view. Danced after dinner! Slept with

Maud. Tooth broke huge piece. Distinctly colder.

Tuesday 14 June

Mr Hartree at home 10 o’c. Mrs. Quilter’s at home 10 o’c. Lin worked all

morg. Mr & Mrs. Rushout to luncheon. Saw thoroughbred stallion of Mr

R’s after, also horse for sale. Lin took photos. Walked round entire

county with Lin. V. tired & v. inclined to be angry, thought better of it.

Won’t walk so far again in a hurry.

Wednesday 15 June

Lin went to London by 10 train. Miss Hornby to luncheon. To Mrs.

Perry’s garden party. Her sister married George Burnand. Mrs. P. v.

bright nice woman, nice children good manners. Canon joined us there

fr. Camden. One gentleman to dinner. Maud & self packed. V. tired.

Thursday 16 June

Honeybourne. Wet morg. Returned by 10 train fr. Canon’s, reached

home at 2.30. Expenses to & from there all included for Maud & self only

£3.3.8. Wet & dull in London always so dark after country. Find Annie

will have to leave tomorrow her back & hips so bad.

Friday 17 June

Mrs. Medley 4.30. Asked people to tea! 4.30. Out morg. shop. Ordered

strawberries 10d loaf 2d biscuits 4½ Barkers, 2 steak 11d. Mrs. & Mary

Nicol, Mrs. Fowler, Miss Clacey & Effie called & had tea. Gentleman’s

coachman trying horse. Called at 6.30 saw Mrs. S & then had dinner at

Mother’s. Woke up with sore throat certain wash stand in my room

cause. Paid books fortnight £10.3.11. Paid Maud 5/4½ & Mad’lle for odds

also 6/2½, money flies in small things. Annie Tallant left gave her £1.0.0,

wages 15/-.

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Out shop. morg. Ordered at Barkers 6 bananas 1/-, 2d mint, 2 lbs

gooseberries 6d, 2 lobster cutlets 6d. Lin off after lunch to Mr Lawson’s

till Monday. Lady Cotton’s garden party taking Maud. Maud Paxton to

dinner 7.30. Dull party at Lady C’s, wealth minus brains or form. Lin

unable to go to Mr E. L’s on ac’t of heavy rain. Maud Paxton to dinner.

Lin & self to see “Lady Windemere’s Fan”. Had Lord (blank)’s box. Mr &

Miss Ward in our box. His engagement broken off, seems to feel it v.

much. Charming piece dialogue excellent & acting as good. Heard Mrs.

Alexander has (illeg) & is v. ill.

Sunday 19 June

Eff going to Paris with Eff Carpenter. Bad sore throat. Mad. out all day.

Mr Mrs. & Maud Paxton, Ethel English & brother, Mother & Tilda called.

Dull wet afternoon. Lin rode morg. to Hall Barnes & remains night. Lydia

out evg.

Monday 20 June

Eff & Con coming to stay. Mr A. de Rothschild’s dinner 8 o’c. Can’t

come. Tabs & Ham coming to London till Wed, Aleaxandra Hotel. X.

House maid calling. Maud appointment with Mr Noble Smith ¼ to 12. Mr

& Mrs. Paxton & Maud to dinner. Saw house maid Mrs. O’s & engaged

her fr. next Monday. £1.1.0 to Mr Smith 10d to Whiteleys for sausage. Lin

returned fr. Hall Barn, Mr Lawson’s. Tabbie laid up with miscarriage!

Present Parliament dissolved, everyone leaving town shortly for

Elections.

Tuesday 21 June

Mr & Mrs. Fowler to dinner. Bee Barrs coming. Not coming. Out morg.

shop’g. V. bad dinner 20 mins late. Salmon underdone cucumber horrid

blancmange all to pieces. Girls Bates & Alice muddled waiting. Aleda

Mackenzie & Lillie Holland called. Bates 2/6.

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Maud to Mother for day. Lydia out evg. Made 13 calls after lunch with

Mad’lle. To Sir R. Webster, Montalba, Tuer, Parish, Mocatta, Quilter,

Agnew, Lady M, Palmer, Thomson, & Warre & Critchett. Furnell worried

poor Marquis again sh’l be thankful when poor animal is sold, he cannot

be much worse treated than with us. Sorry Lin missed his ride in

consequence of our remaining out for so long. Mrs. Critchett & Tuer

seemed pleased to see me again. Saw Miss Webster & Mrs. Warre. Awful

smell in our room & Maud’s fr. wash pipes. Lin going to have it cut off.

Mr Paxton here for lunch.

Thursday 23 June

Mr E. Sebag Montefiore’s marriage with Miss Davidson, 15 Gloucester

Sqre. 2.30 at Synagogue Bryanston Sqre. Go for drive at 4 o’c with Ethel

English. Tea at Mr Weld Blundell’s 104 Mount Street. Pouring wet day.

Ironed 24 handkerchiefs. Mad. mayonaise & banana eggs. Mayonaise

delicious & fish pie for luncheon v. good. Called at 4 with Ethel English

in her carriage on Lady Lucas, Aunt Linda, Mrs. Davidson for her dau’s

wed. with Montefiore, & to tea at Mr Weld Blundell’s. Old embroideries &

drains at Persepolis 300 B.C! Lin rode before dinner.

Friday 24 June

Mrs. Pickering at home 4 - 7. X. Almanack dinner 8.30, 10 Bouverie

Street. Emma here for day. Shop’g morg alone bought tidy for pantry

1/1½, borax 4½, bird sand & seed Barkers ½ coke(?), 3 bots port wine,

quill pens, Strawberries Byatts. 2 (illeg). Called & saw Mrs. S. brought

her back to dinner here. Maud & Mad. to enquire after Mrs. Alexander,

better. Awful fuss over Lin’s silk hand. Mad. lost & found it in her

wardrobe amongst M’s sashes. Lin sent his mare to Newmarket.

Saturday 25 June

Mrs. Campbell Praed’s dinner 8 o’c. Lin with “Two Pins Club” to

Newmarket as Mr Lawson’s guest until Tuesday! Morg. to Madame

Bocquet’s ordered dinner jacket for blk. silk dress & left skirt to be

modernized. Ordered beef Barkers gruyère cheese & 2 lettuces & 1½


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currants at 5d lb. Worked all afternoon. Tilda came cut out Maud’s jacket

blue serge & skirt of blue mousline (sic) de laine. Emma here cleaning

drawing room for 2 days, 5/-.

Sunday 26 June

V. hot. Maud slept with me. Did birds & flowers & went with Maud & sat

in Park as M. complained of her back. Met English’s, sat with them.

Great crowd of well dressed people on “Ladies Mile” side of of Park.

Home in cab 1/6. Alice out evg. & afternoon.

Monday 27 June

F. Kennard, housemaid, came. Bee Barrs came about 2 o’c. Out morg.

shop’g. V. hot. New housemaid Fanny Kennard came late evg. Paid calls

after lunch with Bee on Mrs. Fildes, Hunter, Eykyn, Watney, Kemp,

Pollock, tea there, gave her 2 Academy Soirée tickets, English, Lilly

Chapman, & Mother who wd. not see Bee. Lady M. called was out. Maud

at B. Coles to tea. Sat in garden after dinner.

Tuesday 28 June

Mrs. Messel’s dance 10 o’c. Ap’t Madame B. Promised dinner jacket &

skirt for Thurs. Mr Hartree, Mr Weigall, Ethel Walford came. Madame A,

Maud & Mad, in garden for tea.

Wednesday 29 June

Academy Soirée, gave tickets to Bee & Marion Pollock. V. seedy. Tilda

here to dinner, hen party. Emma here all day preparing dinner for

tomorrow. Lin dined Mr Lockyer. X. Petit ami.

Thursday 30 June

Dinner. Mr Weld Blunkett, Miss Rose Innes, Mons. Bonvoisin, Mr Stone,

Mr & Lady M. Watney. Dinner cooked by Emma. Paid her 7/6, & Bates for

waiting 1/6.

Bologna sausage

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Cold salmon mayonaise

Sweetbreads

Leg of lamb potatoes & salad

Beans au buerre

Goslings & peas

Rice cream & apricots

Jelly with fruit & old sherry

Savory anchovy eggs

Cress sandwiches

Ice coffee cream

Strawberries & cream

Sp. to lunch. E. here all day. Marquis went to be tried for Lady (blank),

Vernon Watney’s sis-in-law.

Friday 1 July

In bed till 12.30. Put away glass with Mad. Venetian only. Called with Bee

on Mr Jacomb Hood, had tea there, sister & another young man there in

F. Miles old house 24 Tite St. Don’t think much of J. H’s work. May be

wrong. Find new housemaid willing but slow & inefficient cannot afford

to keep her at present wages. Bee & self dined at Mother’s. Lin dined at

11 o’c. Marquis won’t do, so sorry.

Saturday 2 July

£30.10.0 for July month & 2 wages. Go to Edgar’s. 4.10 Waterloo. Maud

with Mad. to Barkers. Mad. back in time for lunch. V. hot, lovely day. Lin

gave me £30.10.0 for month’s expenses & Lydia’s & Alice’s wages. Gave

Mad. envelope for Mr Lowndes with £30.10.0 inside for Bank to leave

there. Tiresome train 2 changes. Sophy met us at Station dog cart & cab.

Sophy & Lin played tennis after tea. “The Firs” v. pretty house &

beautifully kept, silver & all perfect. Alice to see Mrs. S. Fanny out.

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Slept well. Edgar & Lin for ride at 7.30, back to breakfast. At 9 o’c. Sophy

& E. to Church 11 o’c. Wrote letters in garden. Lin reading & dozing.

Glorious day lovely breeze. Alice & Fanny both out afternoon & evening.

Monday 4 July

Drove at 11.30 to Aldershot to shop. Mrs. Dowling, Miss Johnson (her

dau.) & Col Vernon Xth Col. to tennis & tea. Little dog Jess v. clever &

found all missing tennis balls. Letter fr. dear Maud. Bee & Effie came to

Staf. Ter. Alice & Fanny both out afternoon & evg. & up late!

Tuesday 5 July

Return home. Colder & dull. Lin out at 11 o’c. Sophy & self drove fr. 12

till 1.15. Lovely drive all round. Bee & Eff to dine with Tabs & theatre

after. Pouring wet day.

Wednesday 6 July

Lin Maud & self lunch at Lady M’s 1.30. Dull. Met Lady Camilla & Lady

Rosamund & 2 brothers at Lady M’s. Lovely house. Went to New Gallery.

Tabs & Ham came to tea, former looking v. pretty. Called on Marion P,

had tea there. Con arrived fr. Boulogne looks thin but well. Dined here,

also Eff, Bee, Maud, Mad. & selves, 6 in all. Con sleeping at Mother’s.

Parlage avec femme de chamber très touchée mais elle n’est pas assez

bonne.

Thursday 7 July

Mr Gordon’s garden party. Lunch at Mr Hartree’s 2 o’c. Dull. Tab & Ham

to dinner 8 o’c. Paid books morg. Very heavy. Pd. calls after lunch, Mrs.

S. & saw Mrs. Cox, took 6 partridge eggs, Mrs. Wills, Montefiore,

Harcourt, C. Praed, Humphreys, Messel. Tab & H. here & Bee to dinner.

Marmite soup, fried whiting. Leg lamb, tomato salad, marrow. Apricot

tart & cream. Pheasants eggs & cress sandwiches, cheese & bis. X.

Mare went to Ld. Rosebery’s, Durdans, 3 days.

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Eton & Harrow match, darling Roy home D.V. Bee left. Eff & self off

shop’g. No dear Roy 12 o’c! Feel worried. Con & Eff lunched here & Roy

arrived fr. Lords!!!. E. left for Littlehampton directly after. After lunch I

walked to Mrs. S’s who came to tea & supper to see Roy! To lady

dressmaker, to Taylors about letting house, to Mrs. Hunter about Vieux

Habits & to Mrs. Schulhoff about Mudeford. Sent evg. yellow & black

dress to lady d. to see. Dined 11.10!

Saturday 9 July

Eton & Harrow match. Wire fr. Mr Ainger saying Roy may remain. Roy off

early to Lords. Lin, M. & self went later. Eton beaten. Met number of

friends, Goldie, B.Tomlin, Lindo, Fritz & sister, Quilter, Davis etc. Roy &

Lin to lunch out, after to German Reeds, met Ld. Onslow. Evening Lin, R,

M. & self to Court Theatre “Gosbox” “Pantomime Rehearsal” v. good.

Had to go down to see about supper. Alice not put enough. Found all v.

untidy below, pastry board dirty etc & general chaos. Mrs. Hunter gave

me £2.4.0 for old habits. Parlage avec la fille Fanny qu’elle s’en va!

Sunday 10 July

Dull. Roy off with 2 Eton boys with dogs for walk. Angry Mad. for leaving

table out. Maids v. late again. Alice out.

Monday 11 July

Mr & Mrs. Huish to dinner 8 o’c & Fritz Jackson & Spinks. Sp. to lunch &

stores with me after. Fritz & Sp. stayed v. late, quarter to one.

Tuesday 12 July

Mrs. Oakes dinner 8 o’c. 12 o’c ap’t Mr Smith. Written Mrs. Hillyard to

call 1.30 to 3 o’c. Came, took old belt to repair & make a new one. Out

morg. shops. Nina & L. Bourne to tea. V. large dinner at Mrs. O. Gen.

Kent, Col Harvey, Holmes, Douglas Gordons etc. 26 to dinner, all v.

nicely done, flowers v. prettily arranged. Stayed v. late. Sat next to

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Wednesday 13 July

Mrs. S. here all day. In bed to breakfast dead tired. Letter fr. Midge.

Thursday 14 July

Mrs. Pollock’s dinner ¼ to 8. Sent for Emma about house. Paid Ponting

7/5, Derry £1.1.5, Harvey Nicols 1.12.9, Wolland 1.3.6, Snelgrove 4.5. Saw

Madame B. asks £14.14 for tea gown, too much. Mrs. Lilly called. Fanny

out. Mrs. Huish has engaged Fanny for Sept. Delightful dinner Mrs.

Pollock’s, 12. Mr Bevan, Mr Poor (American) Mr Burnand’s nephew,

sister etc. Mrs. Burnand wired for us to dine there tonight. Went to

Snelgroves & Madame Bocquet, wants £14.14 for tea gown, can’t afford

it. Saw Emma, promised to come any time for 10/- a week.

Friday 15 July

Fritz Jackson’s dinner 8 o’c. Paid books very heavy £16.13.9. Eff & Bee

here last week & Tabs & H. to dinner, also Con to lunch, tea & dinner.

Saturday 16 July

Mrs. E. Hart’s garden party. Percy Oakes wedding at Mrs. Atkinsons, 18

the Boltons. Fine day, sultry. Lin & Maud to Brookwood, return Monday.

I went to wedding. Ada Sp. looked extremely nice in green & peach shot

satin trimmed with black & v. pretty hat. Smart wedding, presents lovely.

Called after on Mother & Mrs. Burnand, all out but B.H. so saw her. Quiet

evg. dined with Mad. & to bed early.

Sunday 17 July

Pouring wet day. Went to Mother to lunch, tea & supper. Edgar & So.

there, left by 5.35 train to Aldershot. Sp. & Douglas to tea . Went with

(illeg) Sophy to Hall, singing good organ deafening. Home in cab 1/-.

Gave Bates 2/- for waiting. Fanny out all afternoon. Mad’lle. to Mde.

Allain’s for day.

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Miss Innes dinner. Judge Bacon’s dinner cannot go. Went out with Mad.

after doing washing to Miss Manning going to make me tea gown. Lin &

Maud return fr. Brookwood. Mr & Mrs. Joyce, Mrs. Robertson, Mr & Mrs.

Mackinlay & Mr Stanley Stubbs & ourselves dined with Miss Rose Innes

at Bristol also a Spanish gentleman. After on to see Bernhardt in “La

dame aux camellias” enjoyed it immensely. La Sarah more wonderful

than ever. Received my annuity but not Midge’s.

Tuesday 19 July

Lin rode morg. Looked thro’ silver glass & china in pantry cupboard &

spare bedroom. Sent cheque £25 by post by Purnel to Bank too wet to

go out. Fire in drawing room.

Wednesday 20 July

Miss Beatrice Faudel Phillips’ wedding to P. Henriquez 3 o’c.

Magnificent wedding. Went to Gorringe bought black silk for band.

Thursday 21 July

Out all day shop’g with Maud. Morg. to Miss Manning about heliotrope

tea gown. Off to Gorringe bought benzaline(?) 4/6 rib & elastic 3/- silk 7/-

needles etc 1/6½ & flan 6/6. Total 16.1½, fares to & from 10d, total

16/11½. Mrs. S. here all day. Lin & self to Criterion “Fringe of Society”

awfully stupid came out early, saw Norman Sinclair & Lilly’s there. Lin

rode to Baroness B. Coutts saw horses etc. Baroness most gracious.

Horse carriage & cart advertised.

Friday 22 July

X. Petit ami au soir. Dined with Mother. Out shop. morg. with Maud.

Horse Marquis advertised, several after him & carriage, none successful.

Dined with Lin 11 o’c.

Saturday 23 July

Lady Ellis’ at home 4 - 7, Buccleugh House. Out shop. morg. with Maud.

Paid 14/1½ at Derrys for M’s hat, blouse & pink cotton. Paid for cottons


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ballaines(?) needles buttons etc 3/4¾ & 1/11½ silk also for Maud. Horse

being again tried. Drove with Mother to Lyric Theatre in fly. Lin met us

there after lunching in town. Mad’lle & M. up by om. Mother brought

Mad. & self back, Maud & Lin in brougham. Quiet evg. Long letter fr.

Midge seems v. seedy at Grand Hotel Buenos Ayres.

Sunday 24 July

In bed till 12.30. Maud to Mother for day. Lin to Barkers for lunch. Mrs. S.

here all day most depressed as usual. Lin & self to Zoo in brougham at

4.30. Very cold there. Called & saw Mr Tenniel’s horse. Called for Maud,

Mother c’d not spare her. Sent Fanny for her later. Quiet evg.

Monday 25 July

Mr Forbes man called to see horse Marquis. Lin rode morg. Maud busy

dressmaking. Went to be fitted by Manning 5 o’c. Angry with Purnel for

striking horse over head, poor wretched animal always being punished

for man’s stupidity.

Tuesday 26 July

V. seedy in bed till 12.30. Paid £1.7.0 for Maud’s walking shoes Marshall

& Willetts, gave me receipt. Gen. Kent came to tea. Shop’d with Maud all

afternoon, bought lace & ordered pink silk at Marshalls.

Wednesday 27 July

Fanny Kennard here one month today. In bed till 12.30. Sp. & Hilda

called. Maud spending day at F. C. B’s. Mad. & self went to Gorringe’s

bought Maud’s silk 10½ & 1 yd. foulard 1/11½ for self. Left cards at Mrs.

Phillips, called & saw Lady Cotton & Mrs. F.C.B, w’d not let Maud return,

sent her back evg. Lin rode morg. Offords offer for 2 carriages £50!

Mother called but c’d not wait. Mad. went there later with note fr. self.

Gentlemen (nominally) to look over house at luncheon time.

Thursday 28 July


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Wycliffe Taylor’s wedding. Mrs. H. Weber’s reception after wd’g 2 o’c at

10 Grosvenor Street. Emma here already to help Maud sew. Went to be

fitted with tea gown. Saw Mrs. S, Mother, & left Lin’s suit to be cleaned

(grey) at Pullars.

Friday 29 July

Roy’s holidays begin. Eton breaks up. Dear Roy arrived 9.15. Most

excellent report, Lin & self delighted. Emma here all day helping Maud.

Books £11.2.4½ for fortnight counting 5/- for two days for Maud to

Emma. Drove with Roy at 5 to Ada Sp’s, & Mrs. S, grumbling as usual.

Alice Linley there. To Miss Manning to be fitted with seal skin, to Sir A.

Hickman’s & home. Roy & Mad. to theatre evg. Lin pd. Mad. £20 for

remainder of her time.

Lydia’s wages £1.16. 8.

Alice ditto 1.11. 8

Fanny one month

& 2 days & 2/- fare 1.17. 6½

5. 5.10 ½

Saturday 30 July

Fittleworth. Both maids Lydia & Alice go for fortnight home. Emma here

& to pay books. Lin, Maud, Roy & self to Con’s. Found large party

staying at Grange. Mr Skinner, English, Kindermann cousin of Fritz

Jackson, Mrs. & Ethel English. Had all been to garden party at Petworth.

Left all at home in Emma’s charge & felt more comfortable in

consequence.

Sunday 31 July

Eff, Con, Ethel, Mrs. English to Church. Maud, Roy & self on river in

boat. Sat out all afternoon. Party of 9 to breakfast lunch & dinner, chicks

had to be in study. Ethel sang & played after dinner.

Monday 1 August

Sat out all morg. Walked to Post office with Mrs. English. We all went to

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went on river. Good game tennis & tea. I drove back with Con in dog

cart.

Tuesday 2 August

Mr English left by 3 train. Mr Skinner & Mr Kindermann left by early train.

Sat out working all morg. After noon Lin moved his working materials

into Mr E’s room & worked there. After lunch went to Mrs. Walter

Bartelot tea at cricket ground to see match between Pulboro’ &

Fittleworth 11’s. Mrs. Turner there as handsome & smart as ever. Mr

Jephson also.

Wednesday 3 August

Fine morg. Con gone to London. Lin goes also by 3 train. Letter fr.

Mad’lle Jacquenot fr. Dieppe. Wrote to her sending Mrs. Schwann’s

card. Wrote Mad’lle, Mother & Emma. Drove in dog cart with Eff & Mrs. E.

to Major Bartelots, out. On for tea picnic at Bedham. V. jolly great fun

with Kettle & Roy’s fire. I drove home in donkey cart with Roy, rest

walked.

Thursday 4 August

Letter fr. Laurence expecting in Feby! Wrote Mrs. S, Lin & Tabs. Two

wee chicks v. ill, gave them oil & whiskey, died!

Friday 5 August

Mrs. E, Ethel, Eff & Maud to picnic, no, bazaar, at Pulboro’. I spent

afternoon with Geoff on river. Con returned by last train fr. London. Eff &

self to Mrs. Hawkins morg. Mr & Mrs. Constable & two boys over for

bazaar. Maud drove to Pulboro’ with Mrs. C. & back with Eff. They

bought canary & ferns.

Saturday 6 August

Lovely day. Morg. Roy playing cricket. Eff, Ethel & self drove to Petworth

& called on way on Mrs. J. Aird, Mr & Mrs. Simpson, most delightful

drive. Lin arrived at 6.30 & went on river with Mrs. E, Ethel, Eff & Maud.


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Con & self at home. Maud seedy evening, cried. Worked too hard on

dress, overtired & could not get her to bed. Emma sent cake. Had tea at

Mr Jephsons on way home.

Sunday 7 August

Stayed at home. Long walk after lunch, on river evening.

Monday 8 August

Lovely day. Lin & Roy bathed early. Lin went to cricket with Roy. On

river evg.

Tuesday 9 August

Mick lost.

Wednesday 10 August

Lin returning to London 3 train. All the rest went went to Primrose

meeting except Con & Roy who joined them at Lord Leconfield’s later at

Petworth. Mrs. E. & self remained at home & had quiet afternoon & evg

on river.

Thursday 11 August

Eff seedy in bed till after lunch. Worked all morg. Walked to post letters,

1/- stamps. Sent Roy’s hat to London. Roy to cricket match with Con in

dog cart at Wisney Green. Home to dinner late.

Friday 12 August

Glorious day. Sat out all morg. until 12 under umbrella working with

Maud. Went with Roy in boat to see him bathe. V. careless with boat etc

makes me nervous, drop’d his shirt in water. Letter fr. Lin saying Mick

lost.

Saturday 13 August

Go to Tabs. Left Fittleworth by 12.20 train v. late. All saw us off fr.

station. Had to change at Chichester, Havant, Cosham & Bishopstoke.


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Poured with rain tho’ lovely when we left. Met Lin with Tony at B. & went

on with him. V. tired all of us. Found box left behind. Tabs, Ham & Miss

Holland only here. House charming. Roy & H. played game of billiards

much to Tony’s surprise. Expenses leaving Eff’s. Eff 14/7, fees 5/6, fares

fr. Fittleworth to Fratton 8/9, porters 1/6, fares fr. Bishopstoke to C.

Church 7/7½.

Sunday 14 August

Box arrived. Lovely day. Sat out in long chair all morg. facing sea.

Walked after lunch saw curious quantity of jellyfish. Lin H. & Roy for

long walk & bathe after tea. Quiet evening.

Monday 15 August

Lovely day. Drove in dog cart to C. Church with Miss H. Sent wire to Mrs.

S. for her birthday 81 or 2 – que Dieu ne m’accorderer pas une aussi

longue vie! Con’s letter fr. Fritz, read it to Tabs & returned it to Con

posting letter self at C.C. Sent telegram for Tabs. Ham, Miss H, Lin &

Roy tennis. Tabs & self walked along cliff. Ju & Col. attacked Trotter’s

dog.

Tuesday 16 August

Dull morg. Wet, cleared at 11.30. Lin hard at work. Ham & Miss H. off to

S’hampton on Yacht “Columbine” someone to see her there tomorrow.

H & Miss H. returned home to dinner. Played game billiards with Roy.

Dressmaker Mrs. Davis came & took M’s pink cotton dress to finish.

Letter fr. Lydia about house. Letter & extras fr. Emma. No Mick found as

yet.

Wednesday 17 August

Lovely day. Had bathe morg. Drove to Highcliffe after lunch, out. Roy v.

funny at billiards.

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Fairish morg. H, Lin, Maud, Roy, Miss H. & self on yacht at 11 o’c for

Bournemouth Regatta. Came on to rain heavily ½ an hour after starting,

thunder & lightening. Felt v. bad, ill, Maud & Miss H. also, had to go

below. Lin bought Roy M. & self ashore & home by rail, thankful to be

back again & also of high tea 4.30 when we reached home. Maud off to

eternal dress. I lay down & then practiced. Lin & Roy off for walk &

swim.

Friday 19 August

Lin goes to London by early train 7 o’clock. Grand garden party at Mrs.

Surman’s. Mr & Miss Gillson & Mr Goschen acted in open air “Cut off

with a shilling” did it wonderfully well especially Mr Goschen. Good

tennis, rifle shooting, altogether v. successful party. Bathed morg. with

Miss H. Letter fr. Midge sems quite well & happy again. Came out &

watched search lights evg. on terrace.

Saturday 20 August

Petit ami au soir. Lovely day. Bathe morg. before audience of gazing

men & boys. Roy playing cricket at Mrs. Sage’s. Tabs & M. gone with

him 2.30. Answered Mad’lle B’s letter. Dear Lin returns fr. London.

Sunday 21 August

Lovely day. In bed till 12. Tab, Miss H. & Maud to M. church. Sat out on

terrace all afternoon in long chair. Mr Aird & party of 19 called evg.

before dinner, met Lin, Miss H, M. & Roy along cliff on way to Highcliffe.

All except self went to Col Surman’s to see “Mars” thro’ telescope.

Monday 22 August

Lovely day. Lin & Roy bathed before breakfast. In bed till 12 o’c. Sat out

all afternoon on terrace with H. Lin & Maud to Mrs. Knowles, Miss H. &

Tabbie to Mrs. Holmes & Roy to Mrs. Nugent’s. Played pool evg. Letter

fr. Lady M.

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In bed till 11.30. Read on terrace Zola’s “La Débâcle” most interesting.

Miss H. & H. on yacht to lunch, had to come ashore no wind. Were all

having tea at 5 o’c in summer house when heaviest storm I ever

remember came on lasting 2 hours or more. Vivid lightening & fearful

thunder. Maud Eve & Gwen at Mrs. Gibbs to tea. Roy playing cricket with

2 Wards & young Nugent. All came here to tea. Mrs. Surman & Mr & Miss

Gillson came after dinner to play pool.

Wednesday 24 August

Lovely day. Sat out all morg. down by 11.30.

Thursday 25 August

Lovely day. Tabs, Ham, Lin & Miss H. off by first train to Southampton to

meet Mervyn arriving fr. Buenos Ayres by “Magdalena”. Tabs & Mervyn

back by 4 o’c, Mervyn looking fairly well. Good news of Midge & S.

American things looking up again slowly. Miss H. & Hamilton & Lin

arrived by “Columbine” about 6 o’c. H. thinks he has sold yacht. Mother

arrived by last train with Bates.

Friday 26 August

Glorious day. Lin off by 1st train. Had bad night c’d not sleep thinking

about Maud’s back which worries me v. much. Ham & Miss H. off

yachting. Maud, Tabs & self bathed met Miss Saunders & little Dorothy

Gibbs. Miss S. sweetly pretty. Met Mrs. & Miss Gillson. Tabs to Church

morg. Cricket match between Mudeford & Bournemouth, 11 boys. Roy

made 7 runs & 4 wickets down. Mudeford won. Roy v. excited.

Saturday 27 August

X. Received Midge’s June quarter £25 forwarded fr. London. Long letter

fr. Mr Welch for Mother v. unbusinesslike. V. showery morg, high wind.

Sent off Midge’s cheque £25 to London & County Bank. Lin returns

today fr. London.

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Screw came off Maud’s instrument. Lovely day. Lin taking photos all

morg. Tabs gave her opinion on Maud! Maud, Miss H. & Tabs for too

long walk to (illeg illeg) after tea. Mervyn & I walked to Highcliffe, met

Cap’t Gibbs & Mr Gillson. Lin, Ham & Roy for long walk & Roy bathed.

Monday 29 August

Returned home by 11.15 train. Mervyn travelled with us. Unpacked.

Edgar came & spent long afternoon & talked over estate, see Lee &

Pemberton thinks advisable to act at once. Edgar stayed to tea. Eff &

Con staying at Edgar’s. Washing 13/-, filles 10/-, fares 17/4, cab 3/-. Total

£2.3.4, leaving £2.6.8 of Lin’s.

Tuesday 30 August

Out shop’g morg. bought stockings etc 7/5. Miss Gill to lunch & tea. Lin

returned fr. C. Church 4.50. Maud & self saw Mrs. Sambourne evg,

walked there before dinner.

Wednesday 31 August

Maud to Mrs. Burnand. Mr Smith ap’t 11.30, £1.1.0. Took Maud at 11.30 in

brougham. Had to wait, home late. Mr Smith will let her have back

support at Ramsgate, says she is considerably delicate & must not be

fatigued. Took Maud in cab to Victoria saw her off with Mr & Mrs.

Hammond & Mrs. Burnand. Gave Maud £1.2.9. Cab 2/6, porter 3d, my

fare 4d, (illeg) 6d. Barkers glycerine licorice powder etc 2/2. Maud’s

ticket 10/6. Alice to Stores & Barkers. Pouring rain on & off afternoon.

Thursday 1 September

Lin & self leave for Scotland. V. busy packing morg. Emma brought my

skirt & 2 bags gave her 4/8. Mrs. Sambourne & Mrs. Sheehy to tea. Tilda

also to tea & dinner. Dined 6 o’c. Packed luncheon basket self with E.

Left Euston by 8 o’c L. N. W. Rly. Met Mrs. Nash (Miss Weston) at Perth

with her 2 chicks. Arrived Rogart 4 o’c. Miss Taylor, Mr Fort, Mr

Marshall, Mr Moon & Mr Thring there. Did not sleep well. Reached Perth

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Friday 2 September

Perth 6 o’c. Breakfasted comfortably. Met Mrs. Nash & 2 chicks on their

way to Kingussie. Rained on & off all day. Reached Rogart 4 o’c. 8 small

& 4 large packages. Lady M. looking v. delicate. House party Miss Taylor

& Messrs Thring, Fort, Marshall & Moon. Miss T. played viola after

dinner Mr Moon accompanying. Slept well. Letter fr. darling Maud seems

happy & well.

Saturday 3 September

Rained on & off all day, only able to visit Kitchen garden. Gentlemen out

until tea time. Baby v. much grown. Mr Richards & Mr Newton arrived.

Mr Fort massaged & carried to smoking room! Had long talk after dinner

with Mr Moon on Jamaica, he being in Edgar’s old regiment 1st West

India.

Sunday 4 September

Grand Golf match. Mr Thring won by one! Mr Richards only one less. Mr

Ryle over for lunch. Miss Taylor played after. Rested in room at 6 o’c till

8. Played Camp. Things chosen: “Pope’s right toe”, “Mr Fort’s red band

to (illeg) Prussian princesses”, “The other side of Moon”, “First spark of

flame fr. drawing room fire”, “Rogart station master’s right boot”.

Monday 5 September

Dear little Tony killed by Ju at Elmhurst, Mudeford, Hants. Mr Moon left.

Sat in all morg. reading working & talking. Lin also in at work. Read

short paper in “Century” of Arch. Forbes on Empress Eugenie. After

lunch read Chaucer “The Knight’s Story”. Mr Dryhurst arrived had tea.

Went for walk with Lady M, Miss Taylor, Mr Dryhurst & Mr Fort. Kitchen

garden after! Letter fr. Tabbie, Roy well & good. Poodle arrived at

Elmhurst.

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Poor Tony dead. Lovely day warm & sunny entire day. Lin in all day for

work. Lady M. & Miss T. started walking with gentlemen at 10.30,

returned at 1.45. I practiced, walked & read on lawn. Lin in to lunch. Had

letter fr. Tabs & dear Roy telling us of dear Tony’s death yesterday.

Bitten by Ju & killed instantly. Played Nebugadnezza(sic) & spelling

game evg. New word Keevil! Lady Fitzharding, Duchess of Wellington,

Lady Westmoreland & Mrs. Anstrobus called & had tea.

Wednesday 7 September

Lovely morg. Drove to Dornoch distance of 14 miles in brake (Lady M,

Mr Watney, Miss Taylor, Messrs Fort, Dryhurst, Richards, Newton, Lin &

self) picked up Mr Ryle at Golspie & went on to links. All played golf

excepting Lady M, Mr Ryle & self. Had lunch on sea shore in shower of

rain, plenty of bunkers for comfort’s sake. Walked part of way over links.

Dornoch v. picturesque little town like an old Norman village nestled

amongst hills. Went over Cathedral curious skimpy curtains to each

long window. Monument of Duke of Sutherland at altar. Giant skeleton.

Played games all way driving to Dornock & back. “Scandal” etc. Very

pleasant day.


Lovely day. In all morg. writing & reading. Miss T. out fishing but caught

nothing. After lunch had photos taken all together by Mr Watney. Lady

M, Miss T. & self drove on omnibus to Lairg & had tea at Lady

Fitzharding’s. Lord F. v. cross, Duke & Duchess of Wellington, Lord &

Lady Westmorland & Mrs. Antrobus who was more talkative. Lairg

Lodge has lovely view of river “Shin” but is not really so large or as

pretty as Tressady, no comparison. Game of adjectives after dinner.

(illeg) for gentlemen played golf. Lin & Mr Newton won.

Friday 9 September

“Why is a balloon like a stocking. Because the higher it goes the more

invisible it gets.” (Mr Dryhurst’s son.) Miss T. went off fishing at Craigie

with some of the gentlemen. Mr Watney, Lin & another shooting, & rest


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shooting rabbits here. Lady M. & self drove with cheesenut(?), grand

goings on at Rogart games so came back.


Lovely day. Drove after lunch to tea with Mr Ryle. Mr Fort & Mr Dryhurst

had lunch there. Met Lady Margaret Graham & Mr Graham at Mr Ryle’s.

Gentlemen came home with us. Dumb crambo evg. Had awful

indigestion.

Sunday 11 September

Lovely day, warm. Mr Ryle over for breakfast & lunch. Lin feeling very

seedy indeed. Golf match with Col Bogie, Lin unable to play until after

lunch. Miss T. & Mr Dryhurst practiced music (Wagner) all morg. Wrote

to Tabs, Maud, Roy & Lydia.

Monday 12 September

Rained more or less all day, mostly more. Miss T. went fishing with

gentlemen. Lin & Mr Dryhurst golf match, Lin won. Lin & self to first hole

took 30 for it self! Lady M. & Mr Watney were driven in by rain. Read

“Prologue to Canterbury Tales” by Chaucer, like it best of all we have

yet read.

Tuesday 13 September

Rained morg. Water at fern. Read Q’s stories “Two householders” & “A

Christmas lecture or sermon”. Lovely after lunch. Fishing & golf. Lady

Frances Fortescue arrived, v. pretty & charming manners. Knitting much

in vogue.


X. Petit ami. Dear Roy returns to Eton from Tabbie’s. Mother & Emma

met him, well & happy. Missed his train. Went to Craggie in break & dog

cart. Had horse for me over moors, c’d never have walked it. Lunched

under picturesque crooked beech tree. Learnt cobbler string(?) Evg.

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We return home. Left Tressady 10.30. Mr Thring & Mr Richards came as

far as Nairn with us. Spencer, Ada & two children met us at Dingwall.

Duke & Duchess of Wellington in next coupé to us. Ld. & Lady

Fitzharding & Mr Arbuthnot saw them off. Duchess asked me where we

were going at Perth station & said she & the Duke were going to

Glasgow. Had lunch & dinner in train. Saw Hollands & English’s at Nairn.

Friday 16 September

Slept well. Home at 9.30. Breakfasted & had talk & thorough change.

House looks v. nice except Co. pans! Edgar came in about tea time

about law business, v. austere. Lin hard at work. Dined at 9.45. Mervyn

came in evg.


In bed till 11.30, feel much better for long rest & good night’s sleep.

Emma came & will come to us on the 10th when Lydia goes. Paid her 1/6

for taking Roy’s hat & meeting him.

Sunday 18 September

Lovely day. Lin went to Calais & back. I spent day with Mother, Mervyn

there. Mr Beatie to lunch, queer little man, actor. Lin fetched me evg.

Lydia & Alice out part of day.

Monday 19 September

In bed till 11.30. Fine but hot close & stuffy. Went after lunch & sat entire

afternoon with Mrs. S. Alice Linley there, saw Mrs. Cox. Lin hard at work.

Wrote Maud, Traddles & Midge & Mrs. Carter. Mervyn goes to Tabs.


Ans’d advertisements for cook & housemaid & governess. Worked

morg. Out after lunch bought tomatoes & 1/- hair net. Called & saw Mrs.

Cole. Dined at 6.30. Went to see “Prodigal dau” at Drury Lane, saw Beaty


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& Black, Mr Cox & Donoly, & Claud Watney. Went to supper at

Amphytrion Club after with C.W. Drove home in Claud’s hansom. Asked

Lin & self to his house Suffolk, Lin going. Piece excellent, most amusing

& well mounted. X. Saw Mr Lowndes about Midge’s money, they only

allow 1 per cent so sh’ll not put it on deposit.


Dined with Mother. Having her carpets up. Answered advertisements.


Mrs. S. spent day here is really v. well, pottered up & down. Eff came in

to lunch & remained night. Went with her to fetch bag fr. 2 Egerton Ter.

Lin, Eff & self to Lyric to see stupidest piece I ever saw.

Friday 23 September

Went to be fitted with seal skin. On to see Mother, looked seedy but all

carpets up & general discomfort. Go by 3.55 fr. Vic Sta. alone to Con’s.

Lin going to Claud Watney’s. Saw nice looking parlour maid. Cab 2/-,

fare 11/6, Eff 10/- board, stout 1/8, maid 2/-, porters 1/-, cab home 2/-. 3rd

class return Pulborough to Fittleworth 6d. Total £1.8.10.


Con v. seedy in bed until dinner. Had long walk with Eff evg. Mr Turner &

son called. Mrs. Cox staying with Eff.

Sunday 25 September

Stayed with Con whilst Eff & Mrs. Cox at Church. Miss Turner called.

Went for walk with Eff after tea.

Monday 26 September

Miss Peach’s came to tea & went up river with them. Quiet day & evg,

cleaned brass all morning. Lady came to see me over Staff. Ter. Called

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Saw maid huge fringe so could not take her. Returned home by 3.10,

Con better. Mr Watney sent us hare, 3 brace of partridges. Found Lin

here. Quiet little dinner together.


Lovely day. Lin busy all day on Almanack. Drove in brougham at 4 o’c to

Mrs. S, could make no one hear. To Mrs. Clarke’s Redcliffe Sqre. Left

brown velvet dress at Pullars to be cleaned, & to Mother’s where I dined.

Took her brace of partridges. Lydia went to see her future home at

Lambeth. Sent off 2/- to Carnes.


Lovely day. Lin rode mare before breakfast. Maud returns fr. Mrs.

Paxton’s, Walmer. Met Maud who came up with Mr Paxton & Maud P. Lin

& self went to see Sullivan’s new play “Haddon Hall”. Mr Burnand there,

thinks it bad. I liked it, music pretty, scenery charming & dresses lovely.

Friday 30 September

Out morg. with Maud to Sloane Street. Bought cake 1/1, bus fares 4d.

Maud Paxton came to stay. Arrived at 5 o/c with the Baroness von

Aldasleben(?) charming girl engaged to Mr Chetwynd. I drove her back

to Onslow Sqre & called to see Mother. Mervyn there, going to Con’s

tomorrow.

Saturday 1 October

Pouring wet morg. cleared at 12 o’c. Lin & self were going to see Roy

unable to go too wet. Took the 2 Mauds to see “Boat House” Tooles

afternoon in brougham, returned by cab 2/6, program 6d. Met Mrs. Kemp

& Mona. Paid Lydia’s book & 2 months wages £4.8.0. Lydia left. Emma

came. Lin & self took 2 Mauds to see “Private Secretary” at Comedy evg,

most amusing.

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Pouring wet morg. Dressed for church & unable to go. Fires. Lin walked

to Club for tea. 2 Mauds & self walked to Mother’s after tea & back. Quiet

evg. round fire telling ghost stories.

Monday 3 October

M’s first drawing class. Fine morg. I took Maud to her drawing class 9.30

with M. P. Went to Mother’s after lunch saw Mervyn & Con. To stores.

Tuesday 4 October

Lost key of desk. Sir B. B, Mrs. Kemp & Mona to dinner, Mervyn & Mr

Stone. Morning went out shops & did orders. Bates came to help &

waited well with Alice. Two Mauds out all morg. alone shop’g. Mad’lle

Jacqenot called afternoon. Saw V. nice Swiss lady & wrote for her

testiminial. Saw little maid & her mother. Had v. good evg. Maud dined in

morg. room as we were 9. Lin rode before breakfast.

Wednesday 5 October

Dull morg. Lin rode before breakfast. Maud to her 2nd drawing class. Big

M. & I took her & shop’d & saw Mrs. S. who we found well, v. well, & less

red but as usual weepy & complaining. Two M’s & self dined at Mother’s.

Mervyn to theatre, Con went later.

Thursday 6 October

In all morg. rained. Went to German Reed’s entertainment. Returned by

Om. Dined early & went with Lin & M. P. to first night of Mr Burnand’s &

Le Coq’s comic opera at Lyric “Incognita” brilliant house as regards

women & gowns. Piece well received. Mrs. C.B & Charlie, Frank &

Connie B. there. My Maud to bed early. Lord Tennyson died aged 84.

Friday 7 October

Lin & self dine at Mrs. Kemp’s 7.45. Took Maud to drawing with Maud P.

met Mr Rawlinson. Two Mauds dine at Mother’s. Wired to Annie Tallant

to come. 16 to dinner at Mrs. K’s. Bergheims, Simmonds, Sermans(?),

Cap’t Fairbrother, Lewis’s & Mabel , gent’n unknown to me, dull evg.


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A.Lewis took me in always found him poor dining companion. Dullest

naval man I ever met Cap’t F.

Saturday 8 October

Lin & self go to see Roy. Two Mauds go to Covent Garden to see “The

Prodigal daughter”. Lovely day. Roy met us looking fairly well, rather

dark round his eyes. We lunched at the White Hart Hotel dear & nasty

together, saw Mrs. Harrison & her boy there. Went over state

apartments. Gobelin tapestries, Van Dyke & Sir T. Lawrence’s pictures &

Jubilee presents most noticeable. View fr. terraces lovely. Went over St

George’s chapel saw Sir E. Boehm’s statues of Prince Imperial &

Emperor Frederic of Germany. Returned by 4.5 fr. Windsor. Miss

Lutyens sent me a pink heath. Quiet evg. Played “Camps”. This week

Lord Tennyson & Mons. Renan have both died.

Sunday 9 October

Wet morg. After lunch Lin rode to Wimbledon. Two Mauds & self walked

to & from Mother’s. Found Miss Dale (large & (illeg) lady) there going to

Albert H. with Mervyn. Played games after dinner. Miss Agnes Clarke

called.

Monday 10 October

X. Madame Maack came. Mrs. Tuer’s evg. party 9.30. Maud to her

drawing class. Mrs. S. to lunch & tea. Marquis lame fr. corns, should

have had his shoes removed Saty as I advised Lin , but his faith in

Parnel is complete. Maud Paxton returned to Walmer. Maud & self saw

her off, cab & guard 3/3. Arranged with Mrs. Bixley (char) to come

tomorrow by week, 8/- a week mornings. Called & saw Miss Lutyens with

Maud. Madame M. came. Mde Allain & Mad’lle J. called, out. Lettre disant

que jeune fille ne vient pas, trop loin. X. Petit ami.

Tuesday 11 October

Mrs Bixley here ½ day. In bed till 11.30. Lin rode with Mr Finlay to see

Buffalo Bill gees. Mr F. bought one for £12. Lin went to see B.B.


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performance after lunch. Mad. Jacquenot to tea. Maud & Madame to

Gaiety Theatre evg. Lin dining at Mr Stone’s & going on there after also

C. Watney. I unable to go on account of little F. Saw cook won’t do. Lin

home late, on to supper at Garrick & to C.W’s rooms after.

Wednesday 12 October

In bed till 12 o’c, v. tired. Lovely day. Lin rode with Mr Stone & Mr

Wyndham. Maud to her drawing with Madame M. I dined Mother evg.

after going with Lin as far as Northumberland Avenue. Mervyn wanting

to go on stage again. Letter fr. Edgar about estate. Lord Tennyson’s

funeral at Westminster Abbey.

Thursday 13 October

In bed till 12 feel v. seedy & weak. Heard of Mr Bradbury’s death this

morg. by telegram. Called at 3.30 on Mrs. Lynn Linton, C. Mathews &

Oswald Crawfurd, Mrs. Alexander & Aunt Linda with Mervyn, all out. Lin

rode morg.

Friday 14 October

Lin going to C.Watneys, Beccles. In bed till 12 feel v. seedy. Maud to

drawing class. Mabel Lewis also there. Maud seems to like Madame

Maark, am v. glad.

Saturday 15 Ocrober

Got up to breakfast after feeling v. seedy. Sat in dining room all morg.

working. Drawing room v. nicely cleaned by Alice & Mrs. Bixley. Both

horses being clipped. Sent on Lin’s pipe & Buffalo Bill catalogue of

horses to be sold or sold. Went in bus to Mother’s. Stayed to tea &

dinner. Con & Mervyn there v. wild played & sang. Boys danced & at 10

o’c went out together. Home in cab 1/-. Alice out. M’a parlé qu’elle ne

desire pas aller à la campagne, ennui.

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Quiet morg. Feel little better. Lin returns tonight. Maud doing Monte

Carlo drawing all day. C’d not get her to lie down. V. quiet day no one

called. Wrote letters & read. Mrs. Bixley did not come.

Monday 17 October

Lin gone early to Mr Bradbury’s funeral, Norwood. Went out morg. self

ordered fish 2/2. To bank about Cent. Arg. paper. Lin brought 2 brace

pheasants & 2 brace partridges fr. C. W’s. A Mr Stanhope & Mr Potter

there besides Lin. Con coming for night wired could not come. Lin & self

went to Opera heard “Orfeo” Gluck’s, & “Cavalleria Rusticana”

Mascagni, charming the last. Mr Killen came & sat in our box. Mad’lle J.

to tea, pd her 9/-, shop’d with Maud.

Tuesday 18 October

Mrs. Lewis evg. party 9 o’c. Lovely morg. but woke with sore throat &

feel v. tired & seedy. Ans. advertisements. Maud with Mde. to be fitted

with tailor dress. Con coming for night. Called afternoon on Baroness

von Alsonleben(?) Thomsons, Pollock, house agent, Spofforth & Miss

Lutyens & Mother. Con came looks v. seedy. Saw Irish girl Mackay after

dinner. Lin to Mrs. Lewis’ met usual throng. I felt too tired & heady to go.

Saw housemaid C.Pretty, asks £20!


Lovely day. Con had v. bad night & looks wretched in consequence.

Maud to drawing. Saw consequential parlourmaid without a manner.

Lin riding morg. Wrote character for A. Tallent & after character of C.

Pretty. Saw tall fair parlourmaid with loud voice. X. Called Bank & left

Banker’s receipt for £23, Cent Argt. Rly. Some settlement made today

with Chapple Welch & C. firm & Lee & Pemberton. Dined at Mother’s.

Called on Mrs. English & took Eff to 11 Pont St. Saw Eddie’s rooms, to

Harvey Nicols, saw Mrs. Knowles, & to Mother’s. Con came to Mother’s

late & returned here to sleep, V. seedy indeed. Lin with bad cold.

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Ask Bergheims to dinner 7.45. Mr & Mrs. Finlay & Mr & Mrs. Fildes to

dinner. Morg. went with Maud on bus to Greenfield’s, to Harrods, met

Mrs. de la Rue. After lunch 2.30 went to stores with Maud got wine,

cigars, drugs, flowers etc. Con here to tea looks v. ill, seen Gibbon, left

about 6.30. Lin rode after lunch to Richmond & looks better for it. Bates

here to wait. Alice forgot bread & bread sauce at table, otherwise all

well. Fire in morg. room, rec’d there. Everyone says how pretty Maud is.

Mr Fildes much struck with her drawing. 2 new arm chairs. It never rains

but it pours with Lin! Epidemic of chairs now. Mr Clemonson called,

curate.

Friday 21 October

Paid books. X. Received list of securities fr. London County Bank. X.

Received character of C.Pretty, the last 2 characters not over good.

Maud to drawing class. Lin’s cold still v. heavy. Dined at Mother’s, Con

& Mervyn there. Pd. Bates 2/6 for assisting wait yesterday. Paid Mrs.

Bixley 8/- for week’s work here morgs. Called on M. Pollack etc. Fitted

with seal. Called Miss Sandeman & Mrs. Turner.

Saturday 22 October

Out morg. shops. V. cold. Paid 1/4 flowers, 1/- stamps. Maud & Mde. out.

Lin rode morning. Lin & self drove to Camera Club met J. Bergheim

there. Bought 2 lbs sausages 1/8, stamped envelopes 2/4. Quiet evg.

Sunday 23 October

Perfect day. Maud & Madame to Church & to enquire Mrs. Eykyn & walk.

I fetched Mrs. S. & walked here with her. Lin rode to Barker’s, away. Sent

Mrs. S. back in cab with Madame. Quiet day no one called.

Monday 24 October

X. C.Pretty comes. Lovely day. M. to drawing. Saw old cook. Gave Purnel

out fur cape. Lin riding. Madame helped me mend Lin’s stockings. At

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converted into ordinary stock. Left “Far away Melody” & “A Nile Story”

at Lady M.W’s. Left table cloth at Pullars 5 prs gloves & M’s dress at

dyers next door to P’s. Called on Mrs. Tait, out, & Kens. Free library.

Tuesday 25 October

V. wet. Went with Maud to Greenfields by bus 2d. Ordered 2

nightdresses. Paid 14/6 Maud’s stays at Bournes Sloane St. Ordered

cottons etc. Home in cab 1/-. Je n’aime pas de tout la nouvelle fille, elle

est laide & ne save pas bien faire son ouvrage. Mrs Ledyard & daugh. to

tea. Went at 3.30 in carriage to Mrs. Hunts, Duke St, Manchester Sqre.

about cook & straight back.


X. Nana came. Fog. Cold. Maids late in morg. room. Went to be fitted

with seal skin. To Ealing at ¼ to 12 with Mrs. Sambourne. To Ealing in

brougham, fog here, fine at Ealing. Nana came & slept night. Had

pleasant drive & good lunch well cooked & well served. Drove mare &

went back at 4 o’c to Mother’s. Con & Merv. there to dinner. Mother’s eye

bad. Nellie K. to tea here, just returned fr. Ramsgate. Three cooks called,

Emma saw them. Femme de chamber très bête. Purnel wanted to drive

mare fast , stop’d him. Lin took Maud’s drawing of Monte Carlo.

Thursday 27 October

Took Banker’s receipts of Cent Argentine Rly to London & County Bank

to be changed for cert. Called at 7. Pouring wet morg. Nana here.

Received mine & Midge’s annuities together £50. Parlage avec fille ne

croit pas qu’elle peut faire l’ouvrage, point de memoire. Went at 3 o’c to

L. & C. Bank took Bankers receipts for Cent. Argentine Rly £23, several

of them, also entered £50 to ac’t. Purnel drove Marquis so abominably

jagging his mouth that I spoke to him. Unable to do anything I wanted.

Drove round Park, got out French Embassy. Got Maud’s hat, silk, &

hooks & eyes, & returned. Pouring rain. Much warmer. Mervyn to dinner.

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Friday 28 October

Maud to drawing. Pouring day. Went at 5 with Maud to Tailors, no dress

ready. To dine at Mother’s, Beaty there, do not care for him. Saw cook,

widow, too delicate also do not like her address. Mrs. Cox came about

her nephew. Dined with Lin 10 past 11 o’c.

Saturday 29 October

Dear Roy home. Out morg. shop’g. with Maud bought her gloves 5/10 &

paid, tapes cottons etc 9d, sweets 1/-, flowers 1/-, my gloves 5/6. Lin

rode morg, mare fresh. Dear Roy arrived at 1.30. Went with Lin to Court

Theatre after lunch to see “Guardsman” excellent. Maud, Madame & Roy

by Metropolitan. Enjoyed it immensely. Mr & Mrs. De Carne & child & Mr

& Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. Roberts & dau. & Sir Thomas Lucas there. Roy &

Lin to “Prodigal daughter” after early dinner at 6.30. Mad’lle called & left

books, had tea during our absence.

Sunday 30 October

Mrs. Heilbert’s dinner. 8 o’c. Dull. Lovely day. Alice out afternoon &

evening. Walked with Roy morg. & discussed race horses &

mythological heroes! Maud taken medicine. Nana with bad cold. Lin

worked all day, rode after lunch. Roy & self went in cab to Mother’s to

tea. Ethel English called. Mrs. Harry Burnand & little boy came to tea

here, entirely forgot I had asked them. I dined with children here.

Monday 31 October

Dear Roy left for Eton. Nana returned to Bristol. Pouring wet day. Letter

fr. Annie engaged to lady I wrote character to. Nana left poor little thing

just as whiney as ever gave her my old blue jacket. Drove at 3 o’c to

International for stores to meet Tabs. Missed her & drove to Arts &

Letters club, 4 Grafton St. Mervyn there, Tabbie came after, had tea

together. Tabs looking rather seedy. Mr Marsden had tea with us & spoilt

our family chat. Drove Mervyn home. Quiet evg. Saw cook. All seem to

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Tuesday 1 November

Went at 11 o’c to stores with Maud cashed £2.0.0 at Slaters. Bought 3 tea

cloths 6/4, skirt for self 7/6, music 12/7, paid for. Ordered Maud 3 coms 4

prs stockings 2 vests £2.14.1. Mrs. Calderon, Spofforth, English & Ethel

called. Mad’lle also. Lin finished Almanack.

Wednesday 2 November

White fog. Waddie & Evelyn coming to sleep here night. Eve coming to

see dentist. Lin paid my Nov. house cheque £25.0.0.

Thursday 3 November

Evelyn & Waddie left. To tea Lucy Flowers. Went morg. with Maud to

Bond St, bus 4d. Saw charming jacket at Duncan’s 4½ gns. Dickens &

Jones 8/1½ velvet. Ordered bodice for Midge 11/9 at Lewis & Allenbys.

Home in cab 2/-. Wad. & Evelyn left 1.30. Lin rode after lunch. Saw

widow cook Mrs. Bixley recommended. Lovely day. Clara awfully late

doing stairs, not finished, forgot Lin’s night suit, my slops, & neither

mine nor M’s dresses brushed. To Duncan’s ordered 2 jackets.

Friday 4 November

X. Dull. Maud to class. Go for cook’s character Wynstay Gds. Out morg.

shops. Put £30 in P.O. Savings Bank. Ordered joint, M’s serge lining,

flowers fr. Barkers 1/6. Men fr. Stores doing creeper. Dined at Mother’s

saw Edgar, £12,000 odd deficient. Dear Mrs. Sambourne passed

peacefully away at 10 o’c this evening after only one day’s illness, at

Mrs. Arthur Linley’s 19 Hamilton Road, Ealing.

Saturday 5 November

Maud & self to tea Mrs. Ledyard. 2 Elgin(?) Pk. Rd. Out morning shop’g.

Met Mad’lle who went with me. Returning met Maud & Madame who told

us of telegram just received fr. Ealing, dear Mrs. Sambourne passed

away peacefully at 10 o’c last evg. Lin rode over to Ealing, I drove. Saw

Alice & Arthur, stayed some time. Mrs. Sambourne looked most

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never rallied again. Her body was brought here at 9.30 & now rests in the

morning room. Dear Lin terribly cut up. Letters fr. Edgar saying deficit of

Welch & Chappel £12,000 odd. Mother has received £500 a year less

than she should have done. They are unable to account for over £4,000,

with £2,000 odd in East Florida Land.

Sunday 6 November

Directors invite to Natural History Museum 3 o’c.Tea after at 26

Stanhope Gardens. Lin slept badly. X. Petit ami au matin. Pouring wet

day. Dear Mrs. Sambourne closed 11 o’c. Lin rode to Wimbledon.

Barkers away.

Monday 7 November

German Reed’s 8 o’c. In all day. Lin rode morg. & arranged further about

funeral tomorrow. Mervyn came round. Kind letters fr. everyone about

dear Mrs. Sambourne. Maud went with Madame to be fitted at Duncan’s.

Duncan’s sent late to fit me with my jacket. Mad’lle called & Miss

Winthrop. Sent off box to Midge by Purnel, care of Henniker & Hogg,

Southampton.

Tuesday 8 November

X. Dine at Mrs. English’s 7.45. Dear Mrs Sambourne interred at Highgate

Cemetery. Mother & Mervyn sent two exquisite wreaths, Mrs. Linley a

very pretty one, & Lin & mine, & the dear chicks one. A lovely bunch of

white chrysanthemums & ferns tied with mauve ribbon fr. Fanny Worth

which dear Lin & Roy took with them. Mr Barker & Arthur Linley &

Mervyn will meet Lin & Roy at the Cemetery. Dear Roy arrived fr. Eton at

10.30. Wretched foggy morning & colder.


In bed till 10.30. Maud & Madame to Duncan’s to be fitted. Alice Linley to

lunch. Went with her to Mrs. Cox’s to see to poor Mrs. Sambourne’s

things, sorted them with Alice. Nellie came there to see me, felt bad

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Mervyn here to tea. X. Maud petit ami. Darling Roy returned to school

after dinner, lost his return ticket, been so dear & good. Neither maids

out. Letter fr. Edgar enclosing another solicitor’s letter about estate.

Thursday 10 November

Again fog. Got up at 9.30 & looked thro’ Mrs. Sambourne’s things, a sad

task all alone Maud too young to help. Letter fr. Mrs. Cox, gave maid 5/-.

Thick fog. Started with Maud for Marcus to be fitted had to return. Called

& saw dear Mother. Lin went to 1st night “King Lear” at Lyceum.

Friday 11 November

Dense fog, unable to go out. Put out silver. Madame Allain called. Dear

Lin started for Tabs in dog cart with mare 4 o’c still dense fog. Feel a

strange feeling at my heart think it must be indigestion always get it

when hurried. Lin gave me cheque of £15 for expenses to Ramsgate &

wages. Gave Lin £1.0.0 fr. purse. Drew cheques for Emma £2.18.5, Alice

£3.3.4, Mrs. Cox £4.6.0.

Saturday 12 November

Dense black fog. Packed with Alice until 11.30. Carriage came went as

far as Queen’s Gate had to return on ac’t of fog, dense. To Barker’s got

black silk blouse, pd. for it £1.9.6. Pd. M’s shoes Kelsey’s 2/6. Paid

Purnel £1.10.2. Had to pay 1/6 for box lent Mde, also 9d for cook’s box.

Alice out evg. Packed all afternoon. Mrs. Cox called.

Sunday 13 November

Dull day. Packed all morg & afternoon till 4 o’c. Nellie came & cheered

me up. Mad’lle came & took Mde. M. to concert at Hall. Mad’lle came to

tea & supper, gave her dress & jacket. Letter fr. Mervyn, dear Mother not

well.

Monday 14 November

Glorious morning. Finished packing. Letter fr. A. about clothes sent,

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mistaken duty, cruel to me & cruel to the one I wished to be kind to but

could never love. All ready by 10 o’c. Stiff neck!!!

Tuesday 15 November

X. Lovely morg. Clara whole morg. doing drawing room & my room, not

touched remaining rooms. Put things straight. Maud & Madame out all

morg. Cuisinière affreusement lente. Went out chose piano after dark.

My room, Maud’s & drawing room cleaned. Lin returned fr. Tabs. Arrival

of Tabbie “Pup”.


Inventory taken. Dining room carpet up, room cleaned with many

interruptions. 3 letters fr. dear Lin, going to Beccles on return fr. Tabs.

Wet day. Stairs being done! Out shops after dusk bought 8 dish cloths, 6

dusters, 2 round towels.


Went to London by 9.40 fr. S.E. Rly Sta. To Greenfields, & Marcus.

Lunched at Harrods stores. Dined at Mother’s. Dear Mother v. ill during

dinner with her heart, felt most anxious about her. Lin returned at night.

Friday 18 November

After breakfast went to Mother’s. Had fly & drove to Greenfields fitted 2nd

time. To Madame Bocquet chose material for dress to be fitted

tomorrow. Had lunch with Mother at Blanchards. Home & had tea &

dinner at Mother’s. Bates walked home with me at 8 o’c. Lin worried

doing drawing he does not like & had 2 worrying letters fr. Mr Burnand.

Dined at 20 past 11 o’c.


To Madame B’s to be fitted in carriage. Packed & returned to Ramsgate

with Lin by 3.25 fr. C. X. 45 minutes late at Rams. Man 3/- for fly.

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Sunday 20 November

Lovely day. To St Mary’s alone. Maud & Madame to St George’s. Parade

after & its usual company. Sat 20 minutes with Miss Graves, in bed v. ill.

Dear Lin seems depressed. Went for long walk with Maud after lunch.

Monday 21 November

Fine morg, dull later. Lin looks seedy. Bessie Hollingshead to dinner.

Awfully bad dinner. Soup, guache cutlets like giant chops & nasty

mashed potatoe. 3 partridges utterly ruined, crops left in. Altogether v.

ashamed. Shop’d morg. Mrs Burnand & Rosie called to tea.

Tuesday 22 November

Dull morg. Called & saw Mrs. Turner about washing, she as worried with

new laundry maids as I am with mine. Saw Churchill about account.

Miss Lomax dress maker. Mrs. Borradaile, Miss Kelly, Mrs. Hood with

Horrie & Mr & Mrs. Fagan came to tea. Mary B. to tea with Maud.


Dull. Dear Lin to London. Agnew took his boxes. Awfuly worried in

house, everyone seems over worked & no heart in their work. Alice &

Mrs. Armstrong out. Shop’d morg. Met both Thomsons. Pd. for yellow

gauze, buttons & linen lining at Hawkins 3/1½. Cabs 6d.


Dull. Wire from Lin. Going to London by 1.15. Awful harange with

Grizzle, can’t stand her much longer. Telegram 6d, buns 2d. To town by

1.15. Called saw Mother. Dined with Lin, Pegani’s, & on to see “Arabian

Nights”. Felt so tired.

Friday 25 November

To stores morg. To Derry’s after lunch. Dined Mother’s, Judy there. V.

tired feel completely worn out. Dear Lin dined 11.15. Seemed more

cheerful than last Friday. To bed.


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In all morg. arranging. Came to Ramsgate by 3.25 with Lin. Pouring. Had

to take squeezy but full, Lin walked. Paid 1/6. Mr & Mrs. Fagan dined

here. Soup. Roast mutton, spinach, potatoes. 2 roast pheasants, salad.

Rice mould, apricots. Bloater toast.

Sunday 27 November

To Church & to see Miss Graves. Walked with Lin to Mrs. Fagan’s. Lin &

Mr F. for walk & Mrs. F. here, all came to tea. M. at Mrs. Gould’s. Maud,

Lin & self to Mrs. Burnand’s after dinner, large party there.

Monday 28 November

Alice gave notice. S’en ira cette fois. To Mrs Fagan’s after lunch to call

on Mrs Wills & Mrs Montefiore. Lin at club all morg. Saw poor cook fr. St

Peters, appearance against her, lived one month with Miss Gould, good

house to come from.

Tuesday 29 November

Out morg. Found all below more orderly. Saw awful cook with short

characters fr. Canterbury. Called Miss Gould about A.W. Comme ci

comme ça. Ordered fresh herrings, fowl, chestnuts, wine. Met Mrs.

Burnand. Mrs. Burnand’s party for Mr Burnand’s birthday. Mrs. Fowler’s

evg. party. Saw Post office Master here about A. Finlay’s letter. French

book by Carmen Sylva. V. pleasant evg. at Mrs. F.C.B’s. “The Lottery” by

Rosie charming little piece. Mr & Mrs. Fagan & Miss Stancombe to tea.


Dear Lin to London. Parlage avec cuisinière. Went for walk with Mde. &

Maud. Clara out. X. Sent £26.5.0 to Glyn Mills & Currie 3rd call on 21 B.

Ayres Gt. S. shares. Susie a’B. to tea, stayed some time.

Thursday 1 December

Pay £26.5.0 to B.A. Gt. Southern Rly 5% preference shares third call.

Paid & sent this yesterday. X. Petit ami, Maud slept badly. Had quiet


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peaceful day, read E. About’s “Germaine”. Maud’s sofa came. Letter fr.

Lin. Mary B. to tea. Mrs. Wills called.

Friday 2 December

To tea at Mrs. Bartram’s. Sent M. to say c’d not go. Lovely day. Alice pd.

books for me. Mrs. Armstrong out afternoon.

Saturday 3 December

Received banker’s receipt for £26.5.0 for B. A. Gt. S. Rly. Alice ill had to

go to bed morg. Maud out, ordered fish, fowl, flowers, fruit. Mrs.

a’Beckett to dinner. Lin coming by Granville. Pouring wet day. Saw

Alice’s aunt. Bessie H. to tea. Lin down by late train. Dinner 8.15, Mrs.

a’B to dine.

Sunday 4 December

Lovely day. Mr Millikin arrived at 1.30. Lin, Mr M, & Mr Fagan for long

walk. Mr & Mrs. Fagan to tea. Mr Weigall & Mr Bill also to tea. Maud to

see Ethel B. at Convent & to dinner after at Mrs. Burnand’s. Lin & Mr M.

went in after dinner.

Monday 5 Decemebr

In bed to breakfast. Mr Fagan came after lunch & went for long walk with

Lin & Mr M. Mrs. & Miss Vale to tea & Mr Fagan. Maud, Lin & self dined at

Mr Burnand’s, delightful evening. Snowed, ground thick coming home.

Alice out afternoon & evening. Grand bruit avec laitière dans la cuisine.

Tuesday 6 December

Mrs O’Connell’s at home. Mrs. Warre to tea here 5 o’c. Ill c’d not come.

Asked A.W. to call 12 o’c. Came, gave her 6d. Snow on ground v. cold.

Out morg. to order for tonight. Soup. Fried soles. Roast mutton haricot

beans, potatoes, currant jelly. Roast fowl, salad. Rice mould, pears,

cream. Bloater toast, cheese biscuits. Mr & Mrs. Burnand, Mr Fagan, Lin,

Maud & self to dinner.


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Wednesday 7 December

Wet dull day. Mr Milliken & Lin to town by Gran. Out calling after lunch,

Bessie H. & Mrs. Borradaile, met Lady Lanson there. Alice out afternoon

& evening.

Thursday 8 December

Lovely day. Paid books morg. Met all Ramsgate. Two letters fr. Lin.

Letter fr. Roy. Holidays commence Friday week. After lunch Maud & self

called on Mrs. Warre, out, & Mrs. Buckmaster, had tea there & stayed till

5.30. Heard that poor H. Thornton gone mad & obliged to be locked up.

Mrs. Armstrong out. Alice looking glum but can roar down stairs. My

bodice home, does not quite fit. Mrs. Bartram & Mr & Mrs. Fagan called.

Friday 9 December

Out morg.

Saturday 10 December

Mrs. Montefiore’s dinner. Maud to tea at Mrs. Bartram’s. Maud & self

lunched at Mrs. Fagan’s. Ethel & dear Lin came down by Granville. V.

pleasant dinner at Mrs. M’s. Mr M. took me in. Mr Spielman on other

side. Advertisement . Seulement une est veuve(?) et trop tard que je n’ai

pas peur la voir. Mrs a’Beckett & Mrs Hamilton came to tea.

Sunday 11 December

Madame & self to St Mary’s. Sat hour with Miss Graves, looks better. Lin

rode Mr Tenniel’s cob & liked him but I feel nervous of him. Ethel, Maud,

with Mr & Mrs. Fagan had long walk together morg. Mr Parkin & dau. to

tea, Mr & Mrs. Fagan also.

Monday 12 December

Dine at Mrs. a’Beckett’s. Wet day. Saw maid, wrote for character, £16 a

year. Out morg. posted letters, took 3/- to Miss Gwynne. Mrs. Banks

called. Very lively dinner at Mrs. a’Beckett’s. Mr & Mrs. Hamilton,

Burnands, selves. Home late.


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Tuesday 13 December

Ethel & self go to Walmer 12 o’c. Lovely day. Fares 5/9. Lunched at Mr

Todd’s Walmer Lodge. Mr Paxton in carriage met us at Deal. Delicious

lunch at Mr T’s, after walked a large party to Walmer Castle. To tea at

Mrs. Paxton’s, Seaford. Mr Paxton went with us to Sta. in Mr T’s

carriage. Effie Harrison to lunch & tea with Maud. Letter from lady about

maid.


X. Mrs. Armstrong leaves. X. Pouring wet day. Mrs. Beatie comes. Dear

Lin goes by 4 train. Effie came by 6 o’clock. Mrs. a’Beckett to tea. Maud

went to Mrs. Hood’s. Expected Violet & Fraulein, so wet could not come.

Alice out afternoon & evg.

Thursday 15 December

Mrs. Wills at home 4 o’c. In all morg. Ethel & Eff for walk. Eggs 6d.

Walked to Mrs. Wills. Saw Mrs. Clarke, Fagans etc there. A Mr James

recited, too much of him to be pleasant, found my mind wandering!

Clara out afternoon & evg. Character of maid not good enough. Letter fr.

Lin & Mother.

Friday 16 December

Dear Roy home fr. Eton, to Staff. Ter. Lovely morg, dull later. Eff & Ethel

self walked on Pier morg. Eff returned to town by 3 train. Ethel & self

called on Mrs. Pugin, Mrs. Hood, & Mrs. Hammond had tea there. Alice

out afternoon. Beetroot!


Tea at Mrs. a’ Beckett’s with Ethel. Shop’d all morg. Paid 12/1 Miss

Lomas, 9d tea Ridgeways. Very amusing Variety entertainment at Mrs.

a’B’s. Boys sang & played charmingly. Lin & Roy came by S. E. Rly,

arrived at 6.30. Played games after dinner.


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Sunday 18 December

Asked Mr & Mrs. a’Beckett to dinner, also Mr & Mrs. Fagan, Con & Ethel.

To Church with Ethel morg. & to Miss Graves after. Roy sent football

over wall. Lin rode to Westgate to see Mr Ingram.

Monday 19 December

X. Maud petit ami. Mr Paxton, Basil & Maud to lunch. Walked on Pier

with Mr P. Maud & rest walked alone. Ethel ret’d to London by 1.30 train.

Roy & Lin rode. Lin hard at work all rest of day.

Tuesday 20 December

Children to tea. 4 Burnands, 2 a’Becketts, 1 Harrison, 3 selves, 4

O’Reillys, 2 Bartrams, Mr & Mrs. Fagan!. Out shops morg. Feel v. tired.

Roy to meet with Mr Hodgeman. Maud & Mde. to Mrs. Banks evg. party,

home v. late. Mrs. A. Connell called. Lin v. hard at work.


Dull & foggy. Roy riding “Jumbo” Mr Tenniel’s horse. V. tiresome not

ready in time. Lin hard at work. Shop’d morg. Ordered turkey & fruit for

plum pudding. Met Mr & Mrs. Hood.


X. Purnell & mare came down. Went to London by 9.40. Roy walked to

Sta. with me. Lunched alone with dear Mother who looks v. delicate.

After walked with Eff to Kensington. Saw Emma, Staff. Ter which looks

wretched. Called at poor Miss Lutyens, she died last Thursday & was

buried on Tuesday. Maid seemed v. upset. Had tea with dear Mother &

Mervyn. French maid called, v. good looking girl tall & dark & neat

looking, can’t believe she is Swiss.

Friday 23 December

Slept v. badly went at 5.30 into dear Mother’s room & got into her bed,

she was already up & making her tea. After breakfast went in bus to Lyle

St. about french maid, Mervyn with me, too dirty house to go in. After to


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Kensington to shops, to Miss Dalrymple’s about maid. 1/- Dal. 6/11

sweets(?). To lunch with Mother & drove with her to Charing X. Mother

looks v. frail & delicate. Came down to Ramsgate by 3.20. Roy met me at

Sta.


Out shops morg. Lovely day. V. cold & windy, but sunny. Arranged

presents & tree with Roy. Quiet evg. & to bed early.

Sunday 25 December

Most glorious day. To Church with Maud. 4/6 church. Met Willie B.

returning, walked with us. Lin & Maud on to Parade. I went to see Mrs.

a’B & Miss Graves. Met Mr a’B & & Mr Milliken on way home. Maud &

Mde. out after lunch. Lin & Roy for walk. To Mrs. Burnand’s after dinner,

tree here & small lottery for children. Mr & Mrs. Fagan for tea. Immense

party at Mrs. Burnand’s.

Monday 26 December

Glorious day. Mrs. Burnand’s party. Out morg. Ret’d book to Mrs. a’B.

Met Mr Milliken & went for walk with Eff Harrison. Maud Paxton came to

stay, Harold came to lunch & tea. Mr & Mrs. H. Power & Mr & Mrs. Fagan

to tea here. All went after din. to Mrs. F. C. B’s. V. jolly evg. Maid 3/-.

Danced after performance. Lin & Roy rode.

Tuesday 27 December

Dull, cold, hard frost. C. smashed my tooth brush stand. Lin & Roy

riding. Maud to Mrs. Burnand’s party, 5 till 8, home to dinner. Lin after

dinner to Bessie’s, large party there to dine & recep’t after. Mr Power v.

amusing over race game. Wrote to Brokers about Midge’s money. X.

Petit ami, deux jour en avance. Dull man Mr Shepherdson called.



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Dull & foggy. Lin to London by 10 o’c train. Wire from Mother about

maid. 2 Mauds & Mde. out for walk morg. Alice out afternoon & evg. Mr

Hamilton, Mary B. & 2 O’Reillys called. All our party to rink after lunch.


Lovely morg. Awfully stiff neck, most painful. All went to rink in

afternoon with Burnands. Home 6 o’c. Mde. & self alone. Mrs. Beatie &

Clara out afternoon & evg.

Friday 30 December

Lovely day. Neck still stiff v. painful, makes me feel quite ill. Lin came

down by Gran, so glad to have him again. Two Mauds to Mrs. Pugin’s

party, enjoyed it immensely. For walk afternoon with Mary B. etc. Roy

rode with Purnell. Clara broke my comb.


Clear & cold, neck still v. painful & makes me feel ill. Letter fr. Louise

(illeg) coming today week. Rec’d £12.10.0 of mine & £12.10.0 of Midge’s

money. X. Sent £39.9.0 for Midge to Messrs Hutchinson & Co. for her £70

stock of B. A. Western Rly 4% Debs. Lin & Roy rode 2 o’c. 2 Mauds for

long walk after lunch with Bucks, seem to be having real good time. Go

to dance at Mrs. O’Reilly’s tonight given at 1 Royal Cres.

(Notes for first week of following year, 1893, copied into new diary.)

Maud’s expenses for dress.

Jany 14th corsets 7.9

March. 2 wh. dresses 17.6

Confirmation dress 21.0 .0

April 6th Hat 13.9½

July shirt & hat 11.5

Tie 1.1½

Serge 13.6

Blue Paris dress 15.0


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20th July

Gorringe for blue silk 6.11

23rd ditto 14 .1

27th walking shoes 1.7 .6

extra (illeg) 10½

(illeg) pattern 5½

Begin year 1893 with

£ 23.12.4 of Jessie’s

£ 18.0 .0 of Lin’s

£122.13.3 of my own money

Total £203.14.7

(note stuck into diary)

1892

Oct 4th have of Midge’s money at my bank

£ 27.3 .0

Oct 27th £ 25.0 .0

£ 52.3 .0

less 1.11.8 for Dora’s stockings

to pay for 2 blouses & 2 dresses

Pd. £ 39.9.0 Jany 1893.

Money received fr. Chapple Welch & Chapple for Midge.

Received 1892

10th March 1892. Midge’s balance of her December quarter £7.3.0 (had

this entered in her P. O. Order book 14th March).

29th April £25.0.0. March quarter (12th May paid into P. O. Order book

£22.17.0 making up £30 for year) leaving a balance of £2.3.0 at my bank.

27th August £25.0.0 June quarter (forwarded this to London County Bank

fr. Christchurch 27th Aug same day.)


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27th Oct. £25.0 0 Annuity. Spent £1.11.8 on 4 prs silk stockings for Dora

at Barkers Oct 29th/92.

Paid £39.9.0 on £40 B.A.Western Rly 4% Deb. Stock.

January 1st 1893

Received £12.10.0. ½ annuity due 13th Dec on 31st Dec.

Since April 5th 1888

List of Securities held by London & County Bank.

1 cert 3 shares City of Buenos Ayres Trams

1 cert 4 shares B.A. Rosario Rly (Sunshales ex)

1 cert 5 shares ditto ditto Tucaman

1 cert 2 shares B.A. Gt Southern 5% Ex 1892

2 cert 21 shares ditto ditto 6% Ex 1890

1 cert £40 (1st pref) B. A. & Pacific Rly

2 cert £65 Cent. Argentine Rly (Rosario to Cordova)

2 cert scrip allot. ¼ share cash Cent. Arg. Rly.

1 cert 2 shares £5 paid ditto

£200 Western Rly of B. Ayres 6% deb.

£100 Venezuela 1881

1 cert for £200 B.A. Gt. Southern Rly

1 cert 3 shares B.A. Rosario Rly (Tucaman)

1 cert £40 Cent. Argt. Rly.

1 cert £10 Cent. Argt. Rly. Rosario to Cordova

1 share City of B.A.Tram

1 share ditto ditto 8th issue)

1 scip cert B.A. Rosario 4% part pd.

1 cert 4 shares B.A. Gt. Southern Rly 5% 1892

1 cert £100 Buenos Ayres Rosario Rly 4% deb

1 cert 15 shares Cent. Argt. Rly 1889

1 cert 3 shares B.A. Rosario Rly £10 each

1 cert £40 B. A. Rosario Rly (ordinary stock)

1 cert £210 Gt. Southern Rly

1 cert £20 B.A. Pacific Rly (illeg illeg) 5%.

1 cert 18 shares B.A. Gt. Southern Rly 5% Ext. 1894


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Bankers receipts at Bank

£52.10.0 B.A. Gt. A. Rly 5% pref

£23 Cent. Argt. Rly call £1 per share

£2 call City B. Ayres Tram Co’y.

Revised list of these taken Oct /92 in my desk drawing room.

Money invested in 1891

18th Feby £23.0.0 call on Cent. Arg. Rly

7th April £52.10.0 first call B.A. Gt. S. pref shares 5%

5th August £23.0.0 last call Cent. Argt. Rly

16th Nov £52.0.0 second call B.A. Gt S. Rly 5% pref shares

£151.0.0

Money invested in 1892

14th Nov £30.9.0 P.O. Savings Bank

30th Nov £26.5.0 3rd call on 21 shares B. Ayres Gt. S. Rly.

Money received during 1891

1891

10th April £ 25.0. 0 fr. annuity

1st Jany 1.19.0 B.A.Rosario Rly

6th Jany 8.4 B.A. Pacific

18th Feby 1. 9.3 Venezuala 1881

3rd April 5.17.0 Western B.A. Rly

11th April 22. 1.4 B.A. Gt. Southern

17thApril 3. 0.6 B.A. Rosario

25th April 1. 8.0 B.A.Rosario

13th May 12.0 Sp’s bankruptcy

2nd June 9.9 B.A.Pacific depôt

30th July 25. 0.0 Annuity

1st July 1.19.0 B.A.Rosario Rly

8th May 5.6 B.A. Trams


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21st July 1. 1.0 Margate

18th August 1. 9.3 Venezuela /81

19th Oct 25. 0.0 Annuity

13th Oct 24. 0.0 B.A. Gt. Southern

3rd Oct 5.17.0 W. of B.A. 6%

1st Oct 3. 1.5 B.A.Rosario Ex shrs

20th Oct 1. 0.0 fr. Mother

10th Nov 1. 8.0 old clothes

25 Dec 2. 2.0 fr. Mother

Feby 10th/92 25. 0.0 Dec annuity pd. only on 10th Feby /92

£ 179. 8.4

Money received during 1892

1st Jany 1.19.0 B.A. Rosario Rly

29th April 25. 0.0 March quarter

17th Feby 1. 9.3 Venezuela

4th April 5.17.0 Western B. Ayres

4th April 3. 1.5 B.A. Rosario Rly

9th April 19. 0.4 B.A. Gt. Southern

9th July 2. 4.0 Hunter Vieux Habits

1st July 1.19.0 B.A. Rosario

19th July 25. 0.0 Annuity

27th Oct 25. 0.0 Annuity

7th August 1. 9.3 Venezuela /81

3rd Oct 19.19.6 B. A. Rosario Rly

3rd Oct 5.17.0 West of B. A. 6%

22 Oct 19.19.6 B.A. Gt. Rly

Dec 31st 12.10.0 ½ payment of annuity due 13th inst

£ 153.17.2

12.10.0 when 2nd half Dec annuity pd.

£ 166. 7.2

Received during 1886 fr. annuity pres & invests


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£ 166.17.7

During 1887 fr. same £182 8.10

Spent on dress by cheque £81.1.1

Invested including commission for same £ 127.0.0

During 1888 £ 192.2.4

on dress £ 80.19.0

Invested £ 136.0 .0

£18 of this lost thro’ Spencer

During 1889 £ 299.17.8

of this Lin rep’d me £ 54 fr. £ 300 lent him

& withrdrawn fr. chicks savings bank £ 24

Invested & borrowed fr. Bank £ 271.10.6

During 1890 £ 313.18.1

Out of which £ 108 came fr. sale of 15 Cent Argt. Rly £5 shares

having paid £ 75 for them leaving £ 33 profit

Invested £ 283. 1.0

Spent on dress £ 30.18.10

During 1891 £ 180.0.2

Invested £151.0.0

Spent on dress by cheque alone £ 73.7.1

£52 of this investment money paid by Lin out of £300 lent him.

Balance of Private account to commence 1892 £ 45.8.8

when my Dec. quarter for 1891 is paid in.

In April 1892 I have

£ 860 in Buenos Ayres Gt. Southern Rly

£ 110 in B.A. Rosario Extensions


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£ 100 in B.A. Rosario 4% debentures

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