Notes on front pages of diary sic illeg illeg illeg · ³King Lear dull play very. Home to comfortable fire & supper in our room. Friday 13 January Lovely day in London. So tired

MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1893

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(Notes on front pages of diary)

Books to read

“Causeries du Lundi” Le Bœuf(?)

“Eugénie Grandet” Balsaque (sic)

“Un Voyage en l’Orient” Lamartine

“L’Imperatrice Wanda” Figuier

“ (illeg illeg illeg) ”

Essays & advice by A. Balfour

“Religion of Humanity” etc

“Jean et Pascal” par Mde Adam

“Pecheur d’Islande ”P. Loti dedié à Mde Adam

Books read 1893

“Manon Lescaut” L’Abbé Provost

“Trente et Quarante” E. About

“Tragedy of Caesars” Baring Gould

“Ein Kind das Strasse”

“In God’s way” Björnstjerne Björnson

“Charité” par Pierre de Mael

“Die Familie Bücholtz”

“Histoire d’un conscrit de 1813” par Erkmann Chatrian

Ending of French letters

Croyez, je vous prie. à mes meilleurs sentiments, M.S.

Je vous prie de me croire (illeg) à nous, M.S.

Veuillez agréer mes bonnes et sincères amitiés, M.S.

Veuillez agréer, Monsieur ou Madame, l’expressions de mes sentiments

distingués

Veuillez agréer l’expression de mes meilleurs sentiments

Recevez, Madame mes sincères salutations

Agreez, je vous prie, Monsieur l’assurance de ma habité considération

Mrs Heading’s dishes April/93

Cold meat passed thro’ mincer flavoured with little onion, pepper, salt,

few breadcrumbs & 2 eggs whip’d separately. Put in buttered basin with

saucer over & baked in oven, or steamed. Gravy round.

Treacle pudding. Put some treacle in a basin which must be previously

buttered. Have some breadcrumbs sufficient to fill basin ready & 2 eggs


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well whip’d, 6 lumps of sugar & ½ pint of milk, whip these all together &

fill up basin with custard mixture & breadcrumbs & steam half an hour.

This same pudding can be made with any kind of jam in pie dish & baked

& turned out on dish.

Money received during 1892

1st Jany 31.19.0 B.A. Rosario Rly

29th Apil 25.0 .0 March quarter

17th Feby 1. 9.3 Venezuela

4th April 5.17.0 W.B.A. 6%

ditto 3. 1.5 B.A. Rosario

9th ditto 19. 4.0 B.A. Gt. Southern

9th July 2. 4.0 Vieux Habits

1st ditto 1.19.0 B.A.Rosario

19th ditto 25.0 .0 June quarter

27th Oct 25.0 .0 Sep quarter

17th August 1. 9.3 Venezuela

3rd Oct 3. 1.5 B.A. Rosario

ditto 5.17.0 W.B.A 6%

22nd Oct 19.19.6 B.A. Gt S.

31st Dec 12.10.0 ½ Dec quarter

£ 153.17.2

……………………

Money invested during 1892

4th Nov £30.0.0 P.O.Savings Bk

30th Nov £26.5.0 3rd call on 21 B.A. Gt. S. Rly.

Total £56.5.0

………………..

Money received during 1893

£. s. d

14th Jany 2nd half quarter Dec 12.10.0

5th March Div on B.A. Pacific .10

only 10d of this received!

21st ditto 1st div on £90 Glasgow SW Rly

consolidated stock 1.15.1

14th April March annuity 25.0 .0

2nd Jany B.A. Rosario Rly 1.19.0


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1st April B.A.Rosario Rly 3. 1.5

5 ditto West. B.A. Rly 5.17.0

22 April B.A. Gt. Southern 20. 1.8

5 May B.A. Trams 9.2

13th June Annuity 25.0 .0

1st July B.A. Rosario 1.18.11

14th Sep Quarter 25.0 .0

29th ditto 2nd div’d

Glasgow S.W.Rly 1.15.6

3rd Oct B.A. Rosario Rly 14.7

4 ditto Western of Buenos Ayres

5.16.6

6 ditto B.A. Trams 7.4

21st B.A.Gt Southern 20.11.6

25 Dec Quarter 25.0 .0

Received £176.18.1

Invested 131.17.10

£45.0 .3

Money invested during 1893

13th Feby paid £101.17.10 for £90 Glasgow South Western Rly

consolidated stock

2nd Oct P.O.S. 30. 0. 0

£ 131.17.10

Jany 1894

My money invested

£30 Jany. P.O. Savings Bk.

Jessie

Money received fr. Chapple Welch & Chapple for Midge 1892

£ s d

7. 3. 0 Balance of M’s Dec. quarter received March 10th. Had this

entered in her P.O. Savings Book March 14th.

25.0.0 March quarter rec’d 29th April. Paid £22.17.0 of this into

P.O.Book May 12th leaving a balance £2. 3.0

25.0.0 June quarter rec’d August 27th

25.0.0 Sep. quarter rec’d Oct 27th

12.10.0 Half Dec. quarter Jany 1st.

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Received during 1892 £94.13.0

Paid away P.O. Savings Bk 7. 3.0

May 12th P. O. Savings Bk 22.17.0

4 prs stockings Dora 1.11.8

2 blouses Midge 9/11½, 11/9, 1. 1.8½

January B.A.Western 4% divis 39. 9.0

£72. 2.4½

Leaves a balance

to begin 1893 of £22.10.7½

Dec. paid for Mother (illeg) 10.9

Leaves £21.19.10½

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Jessie

Money received for Midge during 1893

£ s d

14th Jany 2nd half Dec. quarter 12.10.0

17th July 1st div on B.A.

Western Rly 4% £40 stock 15.7

14th April March Annuity 25.0 .0

13th June Annuity 25.0 .0

15th Sept. Annuity 25.0 .0

22nd Sep. div. on B.A. Western 15.7

Dec. Annuity 25.0 .0

Carried fr. last year £ 21.0 .10½

136. 1.0 ½

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Spent 1893

£. s .d.

13th Feby 2 dress lengths 4. 3.6

ditto 4 prs gloves Penberthys 15.11

23rd April Into P.O. Savings 30. 0.0

18th April Half of 16/9

for Mother’s sunshade 8.4½

4th Oct. Harveys 10 Blk satin

12 lining 4. 6.0

ditto To Conrad 5.0 .0

11th 2 dress lengths Liberty for D 1. 9.2


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21st Dinner jacket & shirt

Woolands 5.15.5

26th Flowers for Midge’s hat 2.11

ditto Packing case 1. 2.3

31st Marshall Snelgrove 13. 7.0

4th Nov ditto 13.0

1893 continued

Spent for Midge £ s d

4th Nov Debenham & Freebody 1.18.9

ditto Seaman & Little 12.8½

ditto Derry & Toms 4.1

Dec. 5th Dressing gown for Mother 1. 9.6

Forward £67. 3.6

Spent £71. 8.7

Received £136. 1.0 ½

Spent 71. 8. 7

Leaves £64.12.5½

Midge’s continued 1894

In hand Jany/94 £64.12.5½

Put in P.O. S. Bk. Jany 30. 0. 0

Leaves £34.12.5½

14th March 1894 25. 0. 0.

£59.12.5½

Less 18/- for Mother’s

birthday present & 2/- flowers 1. 0. 0

£58.12.5½

Tuesday January 3

Mrs. Banks dinner 7.30. V. late there as usual. Borradailes, Hammonds,

Bartrams & Grants there, fearfully cold, had to keep shawl on all dinner

time. Walked with Mde. after lunch to post letter & called to enquire

Miss Graves & to see Mrs. Hamilton. V. strange lady staying with her!

Roy to rink & ice with Lin & girls.


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Wednesday January 4

Dear Lin’s birthday. Went to London by Gran. Roy & Cuthbert to

Margate skating & returned to tea here. 2 Mauds & Mad’lle to

Sycamore’s pond. To rink after lunch. Burnands & Effie H. to tea here.

Lovely day, v. cold. Drew cheque for £12.0.0 for house.

Thursday 5 January

Bitterly cold. Girls to Pond with Mad’lle & Roy. I went out after lunch

with Roy & called on Miss Gould & Mrs. Burnand. Girls to Mrs. Hood’s

party.

Friday 6 January

X. Alice left, pd. her 2 months wages up till next Tuesday £3.6.8, not

worth it. Clara dong much better alone, not so muddling. 2 maids &

Madame & Roy to ice. After lunch went to rink all of us, 4/6. Sent 2

telegrams 1/1½ . Two wires fr. Lin for Roy & self to go to London,

impossible.

Saturday 7 January

X. Louise Blondel came, Swiss parlour maid. Dear Lin came down by

Gran. All well here & Clara working better alone. Louise & C. waited v.

well together, especially for 1st night.

Sunday 8 January

Dull morning, thawing. Roy & Lin out riding directly after breakfast.

Rained after lunch. In all day. Called v. early. Roy threw cushion at

Barney & lamed him, seems to have broken his leg, cannot move without

crying. Had him in my room.

Monday 9 January

Wretched day, dark & dreary, snow melting. Busy morg. showing Louise

how to do silver. Going to be married in May. V. early in morning. Mary

B. to tea. Roy v. naughty. Barney still v. lame. Lin & Roy rode.

Tuesday 10 January

Sunny but showery, much warmer. Out morg. shops. Theatricals Town

Hall 7.30. Taken 4 tickets. Called & saw Miss Graves. Maud did little

German. Out twice with Mde. Barney’s leg same. Lin & Roy rode. Lin

took Roy & my photo before luncheon. Very early morning.

Wednesday 11 January

Lin to London by Gran. Roy & self to London by S.E. 9.40. Met Martin

Thomsons. Mr Gould travelled up with us. Called & saw Mother. Went


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fr. Station to Rules met Lin there & lunched. Guards 6d. Fr. Rules to

Drury Lane pantomime “Bo Peep” V. good. To Mother’s for dinner, saw

Mervyn for moment only. Dear Mother fairly well. Cab home 1/6

because of luggage. Roy & self slept in spare room, Roy on sofa, fire &

most comfortable. Maud to Mrs. Burnand’s party home v. late. Clara out

afternoon & evg. to theatre.

Thursday 12 January

Maud to lunch Mrs. Buck’s. Slept well. E. called us 20 to 7 with tea. All

v. cosy Staf. Ter. Roy & I walked to Mother’s & pd. Mrs. Dalrymple 4/-,

going to find me another maid when Louise marries. Om 2d. Lunched at

Mother’s, Mr FitzHerbert there. Rather a rough diamond & very

uninteresting. Roy & self left early to go to Maskelyne & Cooks v. good

performance on (illeg) 4d. To Charbonel & Walkers Roy’s chocolate

there 1/-, cab home 2/-. Dressed & went with Lin to Savoy, dined there

most recherché & most expensive dinner. Veg’t Hors d’œuvre.

Anchovies, tomatoes & sardines. Petite Marmite. Merlans à la financière.

Noisettes d’Agneau à l’Alsacienne. Bécasse. Salade. Haricot verts.

Glaces, café, costing £1 a head. Met Fritz Jackson. Went to Lyceum saw

“King Lear” dull play very. Home to comfortable fire & supper in our

room.

Friday 13 January

Lovely day in London. So tired remained in all morg. Packed & came to

Ramsgate by 3.20 with Roy fr. Charing X. Mr Gould got in at Cannon St.

& came to Ramsgate with us. Spent 2/6 cab & 2/6 sausages, guards 6d.

Lin came by later train. Barney better but still lame on hind leg. Maud to

Mrs. Grant’s party. Clara fetched her 10 o’c.

Saturday 14 January

Out shops morg. Expenses to London £1.18.8, 10/- of this for tickets.

Maud to tea at Lady Rose’s for rehearsal of tableaux for Monday. I called

& saw Mrs. Hood, asked the 2 girls to tea here tomorrow. Mr Hicks came

in to see Barney.

Sunday 15 January

Bright but ground covered with sleet & ice everywhere. Counted clothes

with Madame. Quiet afternoon & evg. Lin Roy & Maud for walk.

Monday 16 January

Very cold. Out morg. Maud to Lady Rose’s for tableaux. Lin v. angry her

going. Lunched v. early. Lin & Roy to skate Margate. Posted letters &


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French book to Mrs. Humphreys, also transfer of Jessie’s B.A. West V.

4% & Power of Attorney to Messrs Hutchinson, 15 Angel Court.

Tuesday 17 January

Bitterly cold. Mde. & Maud out morg. Lunch at 1 o’c. Lin & Roy to

Margate to skate. Mended stockings & socks all morg.


Dear Roy returned to Eton by 3.55 train. Lin went to London by first train

Gran. I went & sat with Miss Graves. Clara out.

Thursday 19 January

In all morg. Letter fr. Messrs Hutchinson Syms & Scott about Midge’s

money, dreadful bother. Drove at 2.30 dog cart & mare to Westwood.

Called after on Mrs. Burnand, had tea at Mrs. Hammond’s. Letter fr. dear

Roy returning Rly ticket.

Friday 20 January

Lovely day. In morg. Maud drew in Lin’s room. I drove alone with Mare

dog cart 2.30, called on Mrs. Wills, Mrs. Warre, Mrs. O’Connel, Mr

Gould & Mrs. O’Reilly. Mary B, Effie H, Eddie B, & May Hood to tea.

Mad’lle & Maud paid my books, heavy. Mrs. Batey out afternoon. Wire

fr. Mr Blunt coming tomorrow.

Saturday 21 January

Lin & Mr Blunt came down by Gran. Out morg. shops, pd small bills,

ordered things. Rosie B. to dinner & Mr Blunt played & sang evg.

Sunday 22 January

Wretched morg, drizzly snow v. cold. Mr Blunt out all morg & afternoon.

Lin, Maud , Mr B. & self dined at Mrs. Burnand’s had fly there & back.

X. Petit ami. V. delightful evg. at Mrs. F.C.B’s. Large party in after

dinner, 11 to dinner. Soup. Turbot. Saddle mutton, haricot verts. Pheasant

& salad. Huge asparagus. Mince pies, cheese etc. Mr B. sang & played,

danced ! & we were generally wildish.

Monday 23 January

Dull dark dreary day. Mr B. out all day. Lin rode. Connie B. to dinner &

all went on after to Mrs Burnand’s. Mr Blunt’s fire smoking. Lin hunting.

Tuesday 24 January

Dull day. Mr Blunt left by 12 o’c train. Miss Gould called. Lin rode

young horse, snaffle bit.


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Lovely morg. Lin out hunting on mare. Lin to town by 3.35 train.

Intended going for drive, can’t stand Purnall’s driving with “Jumbo” so

would not go. Annoying Lin will always try to make me do what I feel is

unsafe, makes me feel ill, especially when seedy. Tilda arrives at 3.45.

Lin left cheque for £30 to pay what I gave Alice £3.6.8 & £1.1.0 to

Blanche Cole. Sea fog. Sent cheque to L. & County Bank by Purnall evg.

& letter to Blanche Cole enclosing £1.1.0.

Thursday 26 January

Dull, colder. In bed till 12. Read German, glad to find can understand it

so well & without dictionary. Tilda & self drove at 2.30 in cart with mare

to St Peters, too wet to go up to dear Father’s grave but passed as near it

as possible, saw plants which seem bigger. Called on Mrs. Whitehead.

Letter fr. Fritz Jackson.

Friday 27 January

Mrs. Clarke to tea. Lovely day, fog in London. Wire & 2 letters fr. Lin,

not received mine sent last evg. Edgar wrote saying he would arrive at

12.50. Sent cart & waited lunch. He did not arrive till 5 o’c. Mrs. Clarke

& a Miss Beasley here. Edgar had something to eat & left by 7.15 train

for London. Affairs bad but better than dared hope.

Saturday 28 January

Lovely day. V. cold wind. Tilda & self out morning shopping. Called &

saw Miss Graves, looks very poorly indeed. Lin came down 12.50 in time

for lunch, drove mare & rode “Jumbo”, brought side saddle & hat for me.

Letter fr. Hutchinsons about Midge’s money.

Sunday 29 January

X. Wrote to Messrs Hutchinson Lymes & Scott about purchase of £90

Glasgow & South Western Rly Ord stock. In all day, dull wretched day.

Maud to Miss Gould’s to tea.

Monday 30 January

Mrs. Clarke’s to tea. Fine. Unable to go, wrote. Rode with Lin mare to

Sandwich, 14 miles, enjoyed it only mare rushed twice & frightened me,

dangerous as was nearly unseated. Very seedy evg. Had to leave dinner

table, v. v. sick! To bed & sleep. Mary B. to tea. Lin & Maud to Mrs.

Burnand’s after dinner.


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Tuesday 31 January

Out morg. Mrs. Burnand called to enquire. Had good night & felt better.

Mr & Mrs. Banks to dinner. Oysters. Soup. Whiting baked. Leg of

mutton stewed, celery, potatoes. 3 roast fowls, salad. Jelly, rhubarb tart &

cream. Savory. Tilda to bed before tea with bad cold.

Wednesday 1 February

In all morg. Tilda in bed all day with influenza cold. Called alone after

lunch on Mrs. Bartram (in bed, cold) Mrs. Banks, Serv’t (Miss B in bed

bad cold!) & Miss Parkin. Quiet evg. here. Maud to tea at Mrs. F.C.B’s.

Lin to London by 3.35. Purnall late, commotion! Read Queen’s speech.

Thursday February 2

Dull, raining morg. & afternoon, v. dark. Tilda in bed all day, cold better

but still heavy. Clara broke green globe to reading lamp. Clara out

afternoon to shops.

Friday 3 February

Dull, wet. Letter fr. Lin, coming by Gran. Letter fr. Hutchinson Lymes &

Scott about £90 Glasgow S.West. Rly. con. stock. Books v. heavy as

usual, can’t make out why. Tilda in bed till 12 o’c, cold better. Lin came

down 5.15. I called on Mrs. Burnand. She is going to try George. Stayed

an hour. Mary B. to tea here.

Saturday 4 February

Lovely day. Cold wind. Out shops morg. Mrs. Burnand & Connie called.

George gone to Mrs. Burnand’s. Lin hunted. Had to come home earlier

3.30, his back hurt him, either a sprain fr.Tuesday jumping, or a cold.

Bessie H. to dinner. Laying stone of (illeg). Crowd & band below!

Sunday 5 February

Lovely day, cold. Lin’s back still stiff. To Church alone. Delightful

sermon fr. new & intelligent man St. Mary’s. Tilda & Maud to St

George’s. Maud & Madame to Convent to see Ethel. Mrs. Burnand came

& spent long afternoon & had tea, little Mary also. Frost last night &

again tonight.

Monday 6 February

X. Sent registered blue envelope with Midge’s transfer for £40 W.

B.Ayres Rly 4% by Tilda to main post office Ramsgate to San Emilio

Bragado, B. Ayres. Lovely day, frost last night. V. angry Madame sitting

about & not helping me as Lin has Maud whole morg. with him drawing.

Riding Jumbo 2.15! Lin’s back better.


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Tuesday 7 February

Lin had good day’s hunt. Wet early, lovely later. Tilda, Maud & self to

tea at Mrs. Wills. Dullish, considerable singing. Mrs. Studd, Miss Neil &

Miss Hicks. Mrs. Warre called.


Lovely day. Rode at 10 o’c with Lin along sands. Rode “Cob” went as far

as Margate nearly, home at 12. Maud to Mrs. Tod’s, Walmer, went alone,

Tilda & Mde. saw her off. Tilda & self called after Lin had gone to

London by 3.55 train on Mr Gould, Mrs. Buckmaster, Mrs. Pugin & Mrs.

Hammond, got 2 tickets for College for Saty. Mrs. Batey out afternoon &

evening.

Thursday 9 February

Fine, tho’ rained later. Purnall cleaned windows. Tilda & self went over

20 Royal Crescent, v. nice house, with Mrs. Hammond. Shop’d. Letters

fr. Lin & Maud. Paid books after lunch, heavy on account of number.

Expected two little Burnands, did not come on account of rain. Clara out

evening. Translated German after tea. Trod on poor Louise’s toe!

Friday 10 February

Madame Maack been here 4 months, £13.6.8. Paid papers 1/6, Cane 1/6,

Tilda for Maud’s expenses to Walmer 7/-, Ingram 7/6, printing(?) 4d. Lin

coming down this afternoon. Letters fr. him & Maud. Tilda & self went

over Mr M. Williams’ & Lady Lawson’s houses.

Saturday 11 February

Dear Maud returned from Walmer. Went with Madame to College play.

Lin hunted. Did shopping. Translated German & practiced. Went over

Montague W’s & Vicar’s houses morg. with Lin & 2 houses in afternoon.

V. tired.

Sunday 12 February

Lovely morg. Turned off colder, beautiful light afternoon. To Church

morg. with Mde. excellent sermon (illeg) Chantry. Tilda & Maud to St

George’s. Walked on Parade after, too windy to stay. Met Bill Weigall,

called & saw poor Miss Graves v. v. ill. Lin rode after lunch. Maud, Mde

& Mary Burnand to Convent.

Monday 13 February

X. Posted £101.17.10 to Messrs Hutchinson Symes & Scott for purchase

of £90 Glasgow South Western Rly consolidated stock. Also 5/11 to

Penberthy’s for 4 prs gloves for Midge & £4.3.6 for 2 dress lengths for


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Midge of winter material. Rode with Lin 2.15 along coast to Broadstairs,

saw Bleak House. Rode by Kingsgate & St Peters home. Mrs. Jones &

Miss Ross called.

Tuesday 14 February

Heavy gale. In all morg. Walked with Lin to see several houses on other

cliff, not one suitable. Mr Vinton called morg. Maud to tea Mrs. F.C.B. &

to College play after. Over 4 more frightful houses after lunch with Lin.

Blowing gale – hat!


Fog morg. X. Returned transfer signed in Tilda’s presence of £90

Glasgow S.W. Rly con. stock to Messrs Hutchinson Symes & Scott, 15

Angel Court, Throgmorton St. Pay books, much better!

Thursday 16 February

X. Petir ami au soir. The 2 little Burnands & 2 a’Becketts to tea. I drove

to Westwood with dog cart, met Tassel & Mr Clarke. Tilda & self had tea

at Miss Wishaws, great many there.

Friday 17 February

Lin returned by 5.15 fr London. Letter fr. Lady Margaret about Maud

going to draw`ing room on the 20th inst, no time to get her dress ready. In

bed till 12.30. Miss Gould & 2 nieces, Mrs. Steen & Miss Stancourt &

Connie B. to tea. Heard of man falling over cliff this morg. close to Miss

Stancourt’s.


Lin hunting. In bed till 12.30, feel v. seedy.

Sunday 19 February

In bed till 12.30, feel v. weak.

Monday 20 February

In bed till 12.30. Mr & Mrs. Burnand & Mr Borradaile to dinner. Soup.

Whiting in oven. Roast mutton, cauliflower au gratin, petit pois. Roast

fowls & salad. Jelly, pears & cream. Cheese eggs. Connie & Rosie in

after dinner to play roulette. Lin as bank lost 5/11.

Tuesday 21 February

Up at 12.30. Read German all morg. in bed. Mary & Ethel to tea. Maud to

dinner at Burnands. Dull & rainy. Lin rode, obliged to return, soaked.


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Wet & dull. Coldish. Read “Trente et Quarante” by E. About out loud

morg, most amusing. Practised Beethoven. Read “Tragedy of Caesars” to

Lin. Made up books & translated German. Lin remained here working on

frontispiece of (blank). Marchioness of Londonderry’s at home 11 0’c.

Lin paid Madame £13.6.8, 4 months salary up to 10th of this month.

Thursday 23 February

Lin to London by 10 train. Letter fr. Roy. Letter fr. Edgar’s bankers

acknowledging receipt of Power of Attorney. X. Snowing! & v. cold.

Louise out short time afternoon. Clara out evg. Barney had medicine.

Made up books, no money to pay.

Friday 24 February

Wet dark dull day. Madame, Tilda, & Maud to communion early. Read &

worked morg, practiced. Tilda & self for drive at 2.30 in dirty cart &

badly groomed mare, harness to match, ashamed to be seen in it. Mrs.

Batey out afternoon & evening. Tilda & self called on Mrs. Jones, found

Mrs. Souby there. Mary & Ethel to tea.


Lin returned early 12.50. Rode afternoon, bad cold. Went out after lunch

to Miss Gould’s & to enquire Hammonds. Mrs. Borradaile, Miss Kelly,

Mrs. Pugin & Polly called.

Sunday 26 February

V. stormy, gale of wind blowing. Lovely afternoon, v. windy. Lin’s cold

heavy. Walked with Maud after lunch. Mr Toller to tea. Mrs. Burnand’s

birthday, unable to go in evg. on account of Lin’s cold.

Monday 27 February

Wet again, lovely early. Lin’s cold heavy, unable to go out. I called on

Mrs. Burnand after lunch, brought back Mary to tea. Practiced, read,

translated German. Miss O’Dell here for Maud.

Tuesday 28 February

X. Maud little tea party. Mrs. Warre, Berry, Clarke, Jones & Miss Ross,

Mrs. & Miss Hood. Tilda & self walked morning & did shop’g. Lin’s

cold too bad to go out.

Wednesday 1 March

Wet morg. Lin rode after lunch, was caught in rain. Lin’s cold still bad.

Miss Caught(?) called. Lin unable to go to London on account of cold.


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Thursday 2 March

Lin to London by 10 train. Mr Claud Watney’s dinner in hs own house.

My cold bad feel v. weak & seedy, tho’ eating tons of nourishing things.

Louise out afternoon, Clara evening. Tilda pd. books for me, w’d not be

heavy except for outside expenses, 3/10 for boxes etc. Maud seedy

yesterday, week too soon. Lin took up Maud’s easel.

Friday 3 March

Mrs. de la Rue’s dinner party 8 o’c, Lin going D.V. Three letters fr. Lin,

one fr. Roy, comes home tomorrow till Monday fr. Eton. Miss Graves’

niece called, & Connie, Mary & Ethel to tea. Cold still makes me feel

seedy.

Saturday 4 March

Mare & Purnall went to meet Lin at Westgate meet. Tilda & self out

shop’g morg. Maud to rink & tea with Burnands. Roy came fr. Eton,

looks thin & taller tho’ well. Maud met Weigalls at rink. Played games

evg.

Sunday 5 March

Dry foggy day. Roy & Lin riding. Maud & Tilda to St. G’s. Mde. to St.

M’s. Walked on Parade & met Weigalls, Burnands etc. Maud for walk

after lunch. Roy returns London at ¼ to 6. Sleeps at Mother’s tonight.

Monday 6 March

Mrs. Clarke’s dinner. Excellent dinner. Ox tail soup. Beautiful piece of

salmon, cucumber & delicious sharp sauce. Saddle mutton, jelly, potatoes

& sprouts. Quails well done. Merangues. Fruit salad, peaches, red

cherries & oranges. Devils on horse back, etc. Well served by one maid.

Fly 6/- there.

Tuesday 7 March

Dul & heavy tho’ fairly warm. Lin to town by 3.20, hunted mare. Tilda

left by 12 o/c train. Walk morg. with her on Parade & Pier. Madame

struck by boy’s top returning. V. tired remained in after lunch. Mary &

Ethel to tea.

Wednesday 8 March

Heavenly day. Made up books. Dressmaker here. Driving at 2.30 to

Sandwich, drove self with Maud, mare. Mrs. Batey out afternoon & evg.


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Thursday 9 March

Lovely day. Lin wired coming down in time for dinner. Miss Wishaw, 2

Hoods & Miss Grant to tea. Drove mare self with Maud to Westwood &

round by Pegwell home. Lin arrive Granville. Miss O’Dell here. Louise

did shopping for me. X. Spoke to Madame about giving up resident

governess.

Friday 10 March

Lovely day. Mended boxes with Madame. Dressmaker here. Mr Paxton

coming to lunch. Mother & Mervyn arrived at Broadstairs. Mr Paxton to

lunch, drove him with mare to Sandwich, back alone. Lin v. busy.

Saturday 11 March

Heavenly day. Dear Mother & Mervyn came to lunch. Drove back with

them from Broadstairs & returned by train after tea. Rosie B. came to

practice music with me. Lin hunting, out 5 hours, do him good, not been

looking over well. Dressmaker here, paid her 6/6. Long letter fr. Edgar

about estate, unsatisfactory.

Sunday 12 March

Heavenly day. Expected Sp. for night. Maud & self out to meet him after

Church, did not come. V. disappointed. Walked with Lin & M. on Parade.

Lin rode after lunch. Maud & Madame for walk to enquire for Mrs.

Borradaile, & Mrs. Warre, both down with influenza. Expect Mr Sterne

& Mervyn to dinner. Mr Soubey called. Sp. came later.

Monday 13 March

Lin & Sp. hunted beyond Sandwich, foxhounds. No fox. I lunched with

Mother. By train Broads. Walked St Peters, ordered flowers 3/6. Walked

back to Mother’s rooms. Drove to St Peters & put our flowers there.

Gibbs v. ill. Mother & Mervyn drove me home. Dear Mother rather low.

Tuesday 14 March

Lovely day. Rode with Lin, Sp. & Mr Sterne at 2.30, 3 hours, awfully

tired. Went by sands to Margate. Cobby kicked out so no one could get

near me except Lin. Came back by Westwood. Rosie B. to dinner here.

Lin snored all evg, I dead tired. Sent C. home with Rosie.

Wednesday 15 March

Sp. & self drove mare over to see Mother. X. Terrible news of Mrs.

Warre’s death this morg. fr. influenza. Sp. left by 1.15 train for

Canterbury. Lin left by 3.50 for London. Walked to station with him,

called on Mrs. Jones & Mrs. Hammond. X. Petit ami. Documents sent fr.


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Messrs Lee & Pemberton about estate & Mother’s legal responsibility.

Mervyn to dinner.

Thursday 16 March

In bed till 12.30.

Friday 17 March

Lin unable to come down. Mary & Ethel to tea. Snow storm.

Saturday 18 March

Lin came down morg. Rode later, mare. In all day.

Sunday 19 March

Lovely day. Maud & Lin out. Mr & Mrs. Tate & Mr Sterne to tea. Lin

rode after lunch, fresh Cobby. Mervyn in during dinner but had nothing.

Monday 20 March

Lovely morg. Cold. Letter fr. Roy, wants money! Long lucid letter fr.

Tabbie. Mother & Mervyn return to London today. Lin rode after lunch.

Walked after lunch with Maud, called on Mrs. Pugin. (illeg).

Tuesday 21 March

X. Meeting at Messrs Lee & Pemberton about estate. Received certificate

of £90 Glasgow & S.W. Rly cons. stock fr. Messrs Hutchinson with

£1.15.1 div. on same. Sent these off at once to Mr Lowndes, London &

County Bank. Lin hunting in Herne country. Lovely day. Maud drawing.

Wednesday 22 March

Boat Race. Oxford beat the Record. Lovely day. Lin up by 3 train, saw

him off with 4 cases. X. Heard of Mr Barker’s death in Buenos Ayres.

Thursday 23 March

Lovely day. Wire fr. Lin, comes down by Gran. Met him with Maud & all

drove home in Mr Sterne’s fly. M. & self drove & called on Mrs. Clarke,

out, & Mrs. Borradaile who looked charming. X. Sent Dora Langley’s

P.O. book to be made up, fr. King St. Post Office. Morg. room scrubbed.

Empty boxes returned with Lin. Paid books morg, v. heavy, & last week’s

also.

Friday 24 March

Lovely day, v. warm. Wrote C. Bergheim about our going Vienna about

22nd April. X. Posted off book “Trente et Quarante” to Mrs. H.

Carnarvon. Drove at 2.30 to Minster with Maud. Mare cracked heel! Lin


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working hard all day on 3 figure drawing. Sat with him till 12.30, too

tired to read. Heard fr. dear Mother of Mrs. Orton’s death.

Saturday 25 March

Another heavenly day. Man taking inventory. More broken than ever this

year. Lin rode. Maud to tea at Burnands. I drove Mde. in cart to

Westwood & Broadstairs, left “In God’s Way” at Mrs. Clarke’s. Met

Tassel & Mrs. Tassel. Home by Pegwell. Arranged to go to No 4 from

Wed. until Saty week over Easter.

Sunday 26 March

Glorious day. Wrote letters.Maud & Mde. to Church, I on Parade with

them later. Met Bucks & walked up & down with them. Called & saw

Miss Graves.

Monday 27 March

Pack with Madame alone all morg. & afternoon. Lin at work, rode after

lunch. Miss Gould called with drawing.

Tuesday 28 March

Lovely day. Packed again with Madame again. Piano taken away. Packed

my things with Clara. Madame paid books for me, very high as usual.

Wednesday 29 March

Servants, Madame, birds, self & luggage to London by 1 o’c train. Maud

& Lin to No 4 Prospect. Had 21 large boxes & 12 small. Unpacked at

night. V. tired. Nothing broken. Clara useless nearly. House clean but

overfilled with furniture. Mervyn met us with lovely flowers fr. dear

Mother.

Pr. Om 5.0 Emma 1.3.1

Men 2.6 Guard 1.0

Porters 2.6 Boy 2.0

3 tickets 18.6 Cab 2.6

Porters C.X. 2.6 Sausages 1.10

Om 6.0 Buns 1.1

Men 5.0 Porter 1.6

£2.2.0 3.15.0

Thursday March 30

Packed. Roy arrived 8.30 for breakfast. Mde. did M’s shop’g. Roy & self

came down to Ramsgate by 3.20. V. crowded, every place taken. Maud &


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Lin met us with cart. Quiet dinner here. Rooms look v. nice. Dear Mother

called to see me morg.

Expenses to & from London £3.15.0

2 Concert tickets 8.0

Church .6

Ribbon 1.1 ½

Salad 6

Friday March 31

Lovely day. M. & self to St Mary’s. Parade after, Roy & self with

Barney. M, Mary B. & Mr Bill walked together. Mr Toller, Mr Burnand

& Mr Ready called. All walked with Mr Toller to Granville & called on

Miss Thomson. Mr Wills & large party there. Afterwards went into Mr

Toller’s rooms, Mr Routledge with him. Home quiet dinner here. Roy &

Lin to club after.

Saturday 1 April

Glorious day. Shop’d. Roy to lunch at Granville with Miss Thomson.

Maud & Bucks to tea. I to Mrs. Berry’s, met Clarkes there & Horseleys.

M. & self on Pier all morg after shop’g. met entire community. Mr Bill

walked part of way home with us. Dined at 7 o’c & M. & self went to

concert at Granville, heard Courtis Pounds (illeg) (Mattai too much)

Martini. Mr Toller sat in front of us & talked! Bucks, Moultons, etc etc.

Met P. Coulson(?)

Sunday 2 April

Exquisite day but cold wind. M. & self to 8 o’c communion at St Mary’s.

M. with Roy to 11 o’c service. Lin & self & 2 chicks on Parade after. Met

Mr Moulton, Mr Coupé (illeg) & Electrical friend, all Weigalls & Bucks.

Barney etc. Sad accident off East Cliff, Coopers son drowned. M. to Mr

Gould’s to tea, Roy to Burnands. Lin, M, Roy & self dined at Granville.

Lin cold. Roy most amusing all thro’ dinner. After sat in hall with Mr

Moulton’s party & had coffee & drove to Mrs. Burnand’s. Mr Toole &

Mr Routledge came also. V. pleasant evg.

Monday April 3

Heavenly day. Roy & Lin to see Review between Dover & Canterbury.

Dine at Mrs. Clarke’s 7.30. 10 to dinner there, Horseleys, Turners, & a

Mr Croker(?). Maud to Burnands for games on lawn. I fetched her after

having tea at Mrs. Bucks. M. & self walked morg. on East Cliff.


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Tuesday April 4

Lovely day, east wind. Lin with bad cold again! He rode with Roy after

lunch who had first fall. Maud & self shop’d. morg. Pd. bills etc. After

lunch went with Lin to Mrs Buck’s. Maud & Roy there all afternoon.

Margate dance.

Wednesday 5 April

Lin’s cold still heavy. Went to London by 10 train with 7 packages. X.

First dull day after more than a month’s uninterrupted fine weather. Sea

fog.

Thursday 6 April

Out shops morg. Parade & Pier. Had to walk with Mr Garnet horribly bad

mannered man, walked home with us. Parade afternoon. To tea at Miss

Thomson’s.

Friday 7 April

Dull sea fog. On Pier morg. Met B.W. walking with Ethel B. On to

Marina & sat behind awning with Thomsons. Roy out for drive with

Cuthbert. Maud & self drove dog cart round by Minster. Walked on

Parade after. Called on Mrs. Burnand, out. Fancy ball Ramsgate.

Saturday 8 April

Dull, v. cold east wind. Our shops morg. Once up Pier, on to sands. Sat

behind Sarah Perring staying with Miss Thomson. Maud ro rink after

lunch. Lin came by 10 train, all met him. He & Roy rode. Cob tiresome.

To tea at Mr Moulton’s, Mrs. O. Crawfurd there. Maud met me there,

walked back & on Parade met B.W.

Sunday 9 April

Dull, cold. In all morg. till 12.30. Called saw Miss Graves. Walked with

Mr Burgess & B.W. on Parade. Lin & Roy rode, Cob v. tiresome. Mr

Souby & Mr Burnand called. All went in to Mrs. B’s after dinner.

Monday 10 April

X. Petit ami. Miss Effie Hare’s wedding 2 o’c. All Saints Church

Margaret St & after at 3 Park Cres. Telegraphed congratulations. Lin &

Roy to London. Mr Burgess called. Lovely day. Sent cheque of £10 to

Bank for house, had overdrawn my house money. Dined at Mrs. F.C.B’s.

Tuesday 11 April

M. & self returned fr. Ramsgate after delightful fortnight there by 1.15

train. In cart to station. Lin & Roy to theatre evg. Had steak for dinner.


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Wednesday 12 April

In bed till 12.30. Tabs called & had tea. Roy to see billiard match Roberts

& (blank). Lin to Punch dinner.

Thursday 13 April

Mrs. A.G.Pollock’s dinner 8 o’c. acc’d for Lin only. Received Midge’s &

my annuities £25 each. Lin met Fritz J. & Sophy at Pollocks.

Friday 14 April

Saw Annie, gone off in appearance. Engaged her for three weeks hence.

Great commotion about Mrs. Batey sending boy off. Went with Maud to

order her dress at Woolands £6.6.0. Cab there 1/6, back 1/-, cakes 3d.

Saw Bill Weigal bottom of Argyll Road. Roy out all day with Banbury.

Saturday 15 April

Lin & Maud to Canon Bourne’s. Not going, too busy. Lovely day. 2o’c I

drove with Roy & Maud to Savoy theatre saw Haddon Hall. Lin had

Turkish bath. Mother sent round statue of Duke of Clarence. Paid Mrs.

Batey’s book 19/6. Paid 3/- cab, 1/8 sausages, 4d Roy.

Sunday 16 April

Lovely day. Maud with bad cold. I went to see Mother, seemed low dear

thing & depressed. Lin & Roy rode. Miss Harcourt & Mr Frisby called &

stayed some time.

Monday 17 April

Down to breakfast. Went to see “Becket” in the evening, most charming.

Tuesday 18 April

Mrs. Wills dinner 8 o’c. Out shops morg. Dear Mother’s birthday, took

her flowers & potted meat 1/4. Arranged her flowers. Rested after lunch.

Good dinner at Mrs. W’s but hugely dull after. Went on to supper at Mr

Blunt’s, 12 Haymarket. Met Winchester Cloweses & their 2 cousins &

Mr F. Robertson. V. delightful evg, forgot time until all the lights went

out! Too many good things. Home little after 2 o’c. Met Mrs. Huish who

told me Fanny had long since left her.

Wednesday 19 April

Lovely day, like spring. Took Maud to be fitted, don’t like her dress.

Omnibus 6d. Went after luncheon & bought sunshade & 3 glasses for

sideboard. Dals about maid. Paid Derry Toms £1.1.9 by cheque for

sunshade.


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Thursday 20 April

Lady Reed’s dance 112 Cromwell Rd. 9.30. Out morg. shops. Got M’s

rib 4/-. M. looked v. sweet in her new white muslin, had heaps of partners

& seemed much admired. Bed 2 o’c. Roy went to baths after lunch, rode

with Lin morg. Lin pd. M’s dress £6.6.0. Lin pd. M’s gloves 7/11.

Friday 21 April

Vienna? Can’t go alas! Lovely day. Went in cab with M. to Bocquet’s,

ordered dress for £6.6.0 & she is altering black bodice. Ordered pr. boots

for M. & self at Marshall & Willets. Cabs 4/- cakes 9d. Going to see

“Liberty Hall” St James.

Saturday 22 April

X. Maud petit ami. Café chantant 3.30 Kens. town Hall. Gave tickets to

Mde. & Mademoiselle. Went & enjoyed it, M’lle here to dinner. Morg.

out shop’g bought flowers 1/6, gooseberries, bananas & cucumber 2/11

Barkers. Lin, M, R, & self to Court theatre saw “The Amazons”. Mr

Stone came to our box. Drove home cab 2/-. Herberts & Jones 2/11. Lin

& Roy to theatre evg.

Sunday 23 April

Lovely hot day. Went to see Mother, out. Walked thro’ Gds home. M. &

Mde. to Gardens. M. seems limp & seedy. Clara out afternoon. Lin, Maud

& Roy to tennis Mrs. Lewis. Mr & Mrs. Reed called.

Monday 24 April

X. (illeg illeg). Lovely day. Went out shops morg. bought asparagus 2/6

& bonnet £1.6.9 Pontings & paid for it. To tea at Lady M’s by bus, cab

home 1/6. Met Mr Frisby. Roy Lin & self to “A Woman of no

Importance”, O. Wilde, Haymarket. C. Watney to our box. Unpleasant

but cleverly written. Roy & Lin to tennis at Mr Reed’s.

Tuesday 25 April

Mrs. Tate’s dinner party 8 o’c, 1 Collingham Gds. Magnificent dinner

table & house. 24 to dinner. Mrs. Montefiore & Mrs. Spielman called, out

morg. Flowers 1/4, Maud 9d. Roy to see “Diplomacy” evg. alone, came

in together, found him struggling with door.

Wednesday 26 April

Mrs. Heilbut’s dinner 8 o’c, can’t go. Lovely day. Dear Roy returned to

Eton, gave him 5/-. Lin & Roy rode morg.


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Thursday 27 April

Mrs. Trower’s dinner 8 o’c. Asked Alice Linley to lunch. Alice Linley to

lunch & tea. Messenger, Trowers dinner put off on account of Mr T.

being ill. Lin rode morg. Maud & self to Witton & Bocquet. Cab & cakes

2/10. X. Sale of all the dear old furniture at Westwood. So passes away

one more link of the dear past.

Friday 28 April

Private View of Academy. M. & self went morg. & saw pictures well.

Cabs 3/6, bread 3d. Home to lunch. Mad’lle & Mr Clementson to tea. Lin

& Maud to Academy after luncheon.

Saturday 29 April

Lovely day, cooler. Morg. out shop’g. No money except 3d which spent

on flowers. After lunch Lin, M. & self to Private View of New Gallery.

Met endless friends & acquaintances. Home to tea & dinner. Lin & self to

Palace Theatre after. Saw Sandau well worth seeing, etc. Lin rode morg.

Kensington sore throat again. Dear Mother returned from Ramsgate after

sale of furniture. Lin has bought goods amounting to over £10.

Sunday 30 April

Lovely day. Lin riding with Mr Lockwood etc. I went in bus to Mother’s,

looked poorly & weak. Stayed till one o’c. Maud & Mde. to Church &

Park. Sent cheque £17.8.0 Mde. Bocquet, making bill fully pd. up.

Monday 1 May

Fanny Barker arrives from S. America. Lin dines with Mr Parsons. To

Miss Witton morning, om 2d, cab 1/6. Saw maid – fringe! Lin paid

Clara’s 4 months wages up to 24th April £16.13.4. Lin drove Cob to town.

Tuesday 2 May

X. Madame Maark left for Paris by 11 o’c train fr. Victoria. Mervyn

called. Bates sister came fr. S. America with Transfer of £40 B.A. West.

Rly signed & letter fr. Midge. Sent same on to Messrs Hutchinson 15

Angel Court City for certificate of same. Louise took Maud to see

Mervyn act morg. performance Terry’s theatre “Allan’s Wife”. Out shops

morg, pd. Mde. 12/-, flowers 6d, mushrooms 6d, M’s things for blouse

2/11. Lin rode Cob morg. Mr Hartree & Alice Sewell (Oram) called.

Wednesday 3 May

Mrs. Farquharon 10 o’c. Maud & self to lunch at Lady Margaret

Watney’s 1.30. Lin dines at Mr Lockyer’s. Lovely day. V. worried over

books expenses seem to increase & cannot keep them down. Cabs (illeg)


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money for Maud etc etc & Lin paying me only bare house money. Tea at

Tabbie’s, Park St. Lin paid me £25 for house, have already overdrawn

£3.19.2 from private account, leaves me only £21.1.0 in hand. Called

Tabs after Lady M’s, tea there, cab to Mother’s 1/-. Dear Mother seedy.

1/- cab home, cab to Lady M’s 1/6, Maud’s flowers 1/-, cab to Mrs.

Farquharson’s 1/-. Pleasant evg. there.

Thursday 4 May

Mrs. E. Tate’s at home 10 o’c, 1 Collingham Gds. Asked Miss Warre to

come to tea 5 o’c, too soon. Lovely day, warm. Out with Maud morg. to

Oxford St for patterns. Cakes 8d, om 4d, cab home fr. Hyde Pk. 1/6.

Pleasant party at Mrs. Tate’s. Mr Hall called to see Lin after luncheon.

No maid called. Paid books morg. too.

Friday 5 May

Annie Tallent comes tomorrow. M. & self in bed to breakfast. Self out by

10.30. Flowers 8d, tongue for M’s breakfast 8d, wicks 1d. Letter fr.

Emma with not surprising news. Called & saw Mrs. Dalrymple about

parlour maid. Boy 2d. Ordered blouse at Barkers 10/6 & shoes Kelseys

12/6. Lost latch key. X. M. & self to Mother after lunch, had heart attack

which worried me v. much she looked so ill. Stayed with her till 6.30.

Dined at 8.20.

Saturday 6 May

Annie Tallent comes. Louise leaves, worked well to last. Lovely day. Out

shops morg. Feel v. seedy & tired neuralgia all up right side of face. Did

not sleep well worried about key. Saw maid, experienced or supposed to

be, engaged her if character suits. Sat in schoolroom & worked with

Maud all afternoon. Lin out twice driving mare & cob, finished drawing

this morg. Also drove in cart 10.20 to Marchioness of Breadalbane’s

reception of Home rulers! Annie came. Gave Louise 5/- for little present.

V. nice little servant & sorry to lose her.

Sunday 7 May

Tabs, Ham & Bee to dinner 7.30. Found key in blotter. Lin out morg. in

cart to Photographic studio. Lin to Sir A. Hickman’s for tennis. Edgar,

Sophy & Sylvania Rose Innes called. M. & self went to Mother early &

then sat in Park. Cab & om 1/4. Lin gave me 3/- for cabs.

Monday 8 May

X. Petit ami. Knitting afternoon Lady M’s. Met Mr Morrison, Mrs.

Crighton & another lady there. Cab 1/6, ditto to Woollands 1/- & home

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Tuesday 9 May

Mrs. Williamson & Mrs. Wills drawing room teas. Lady Hickman’s ditto.

Dine 8 o’c Mrs. Medley. Unable to go to drawing teas, in bed till 1 o’c.

Mrs. Tweedie called. V. pleasant dinner Mrs. Medley’s, nephew took

Maud in & seemed much impressed, met her at Lady R’s dance also.

Only 2 young gentleman & Mr & Mrs. Chapman & daughter beside

ourselves.

Wednesday 10 May

Mrs. de la Rue’s fancy dress ball 10 o’c. Dine at Mrs. Heilbut’s. Lunch at

Mr Sterne’s to see procession, Queen driving in state to open Royal

Institute. Lin to Institute. Maud sore throat morg. Unable to go to Mr

Sterne’s as I am seedy. Margaret Riley called arranged to engage her fr.

next Wed. Letter fr. Emma going to her Mother’s for a few weeks & va

revenir chez nous après. Dear M. wept because I c’d not go, afraid she is

v. seedy. She had to leave table at Mrs. Heilbut’s feeling ill. Mervyn to

ball. Lin & M. arrived home 10 to 4. Never trust her again unless I go.

She was v. much admired.

Thursday 11 May

Lovely day. Had v. disturbed night. Maud in bed v. poorly & feverish

with throat. In all morg. called at ¼ to 4 on Mrs. Tate, Lady Reed, Lady

Flower, M. Pollock, Mrs. Wills, Mrs. Spielman, Aunt Linda, Farquharson

& dear Mother. Bought bananas & oranges 1/7½, jelly & sponge cakes

1/2. Mother v. depressed & seedy. Mervyn there. Maud in bed all day,

bertter, eat nothing. Slept with Maud.

Friday 12 May

Lunch at Mrs. Linley’s. Private View Grafton Gallery. Tabs invite to

lunch. Mr Burnand called. Maud better, slept in her room & had breakfast

there together. Her throat still bad. Took Maud to Libertys. Miss Witton

cannot make her dress. On to Tabs, gone to Gallery. M. & self there,

crowded fashionable assembly. M. looks wretched & is nervous &

languid. Home. Dined at 8.15.

Saturday 13 May

Lovely day. Lin finished work morg. Lin lunched out. Drove at 11 o’c to

Libertys, got 3 dresses (materials) green, pink & white. Manning &

Witton unable to make anything for fortnight!!! Home. Paid books after

lunch. Wrote E. Annie not smart enough in laying table for parlourmaid,

otherwise is nice, & looks nice. Mad’lle came & remained till 10 o’c. Lin

to Savoy after dinner. Third night slept with Maud. Cut out her dress &

worked away at it with Annie’s machine.


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Sunday 14 May

Went with Maud at 12 o’c to Mother’s. Better. To Park & sat there. Cabs

2/10 altogether. Lin rode cob to Col Sir (blank) Maude’s where he & T.

P. C’s lunched & had tea. M & self lunched at Mother’s. Tabs & her 2

chicks there, H. in later. Tabs, M. & self & Tags home in cab, pd. it self.

H. & chicks here to tea later. Mrs. Orchardson & Hilda, Mr & Mrs.

Frisby called, she grey mare! Poodles.

Monday 15 May

Dine 7, 93 Park St, Tabs, & go to Gaiety after. Lady M’s stocking class.

Unable to go, dined at Tabs & went to theatre. Busy with Maud all morg.

Mad’lle came to dinner with Maud.

Tuesday 16 May

Dine at Mrs. Trower’s 8 o’c. Out morg. shop’g with Maud & busy

making her pink dress. Maud seedy with sore throat. Dull dinner Mrs.

T’s, most uninteresting people. Fanny B. sent me 2 dresses etc. V.

acceptable. Mademoiselle came to dinner with M.

Wednesday 17 May

X. Engaged Margaret Riley. Mrs. A. Critchett’s at home 10 o’c. Margaret

Riley comes. V. busy shop’g with Maud hard at work on her pink dress.

Lin to Critchetts, M. & self too tired.

Thursday 18 May

X. M. Riley today instead of yesterday. Go to Studio with Tabbie. Unable

to go. Clara left. Busy all morg. working with Maud, shop’g after lunch

& called on Mrs. Trower, Lady Hickman, Mrs. Heilbut. Dr O. came to

see Maud, thinks I am too anxious. Maud looks v. seedy. X. M’s petit

ami.

Friday 19 May

Maud goes to Lady Margaret for 10 days, “Middleton”, Longparish,

Hants. Out shops morg. Maud pack’d. Annie helped with work for her. I

took her to Waterloo. She went down alone with Lady M. Called on way

home on Mrs. Lucy, Fritz, de la Rue’s & Mother. Lin & self to Pavilion.

Heard Bessie Belwood, Campbell, & Chevallier. V. amusing

performance.

Saturday 20 May

Out morg shop’g. After lunch called in brougham on Mrs. Eykyn, Rose

Innes, Kemp, English, Mrs. Speed, had tea there, Mrs. Lewis, saw her &

Mabel & Sir R. Webster. Rained hard. Quiet evg. at home. Letter fr. dear


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Maud. Strange dog came in at luncheon, v. friendly, & disappeared as

strangely as he came.

Sunday 21 May

Dull morg. Lin rode. I turned out nurseries, found moth in full possession

of cupboards & no wonder. Lin put up Barometer fr. dear Westwood. Mr

Stone & Sylvania Rose Innes come to dinner, making 4. Pleasant evg.

only they stayed so late. Riley waited v. well.

Monday 22 May

Lovely day. Annie will leave at her month finds stairs too much. Quiet

day.

Tuesday 23 May

Dullish. Out morg. bought flowers 1/-, cabs 1/1½. Mrs. Spofforth,

Mervyn, Tilda, Madame Allain, Connie & Mary Burnand called. Quiet

evg. X. Emma comes back today month. Mrs. Batey v. nice about it &

quite understands.

Wednesday 14 May

Go to Mr J. Hood’s studio to meet Tabs 3 o’c, 26 Tite Street. Went morg.

to S. Audley St, fetched Tilda, went to Russell & Allen. Ordered black

satin evg. dress there, £14.14.0. Bus & cabs 10d. Lin rode. Called after

lunch on Mrs. Williamson, Finlay, Nembhard, Pickering, & Mrs. Hare.

Had tea & dinner at Mother’s. Mervyn & Mother depressed. Tabs there to

tea, not sitting today. Carriage home. Annie & Batey out.

Thursday 25 May

Lovely day. Out shops morg. Tabs & H. here to dinner, theatre after. I go

to Studio Jacomb Hood to sit with Tabs. Sat there 1½ hours. To Mother’s,

& Tabs & H. dined here, to see “Amazons” after.

Friday 26 May

In morg. sent Maud’s dresses 3 & 8 prs gloves to Pullars, Perth, to be

cleaned. Called on Miss Hogarth & went on to J. Hood’s studio, sat with

Tabs an hour & had tea, drove to Woolands where Tabs ordered her tea

gown. Boy threw stone at carriage lamp & broke it. Lin dined with Mr

Stone. I dined with Mother, Mervyn out. Home early. Two letters fr. dear

Maud.

Saturday 27 May

Asked Charlie Stokes & wife to dinner 7 o’c & Mervyn. Box for

“Diplomacy”. Lin out to lunch & tea. I paid books & shop’d morg.


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Enjoyed “Diplomacy” immensely. Mervyn unable to go on with us, no

room. C & wife looking v. well especially Mrs. S, prettier than ever.

Letter fr. dear Maud evening.

Sunday 28 May

Asked Connie & Mary B. to luncheon. Mr Guthrie to dinner. Lovely day.

Mr John Wheat (stammers!) otherwise v. nice & far more polished than

his generation of town men. Mrs. Park & Mr J. Hood called. Only Mr G.

& ourselves to dinner, former most entertaining, exactly hits our own

case of “Grande dame” fallen princess imaginaire.

Monday 29 May

Mrs. Kemp at home 8 P.M. Letter fr. darling Maud returns today in time

for luncheon. Lovely & hot. Lady M. brought dear Maud home & a

lovely box of flowers. M. & self in brougham to Mother’s, Mrs.

Nembhard & daughter there, had called here first. To Miss Manning &

home. V. heavy shower. Quiet evg. Lin busy all day at hanging of his

pictures at Fine Arts Gallery. Madame Maark returned evg.

Tuesday 30 May

Mrs. Souberbielle at home 4 - 7, 78 Cromwell Rd. Mrs. Hannau at home,

8 St Andrews Place, Regents Park 4 - 7. Go to Russell & Allen to be

fitted 12 o’c. Dull, colder. Mrs. Roberts & Mrs. (blank) called. I went

alone to Mde. S’s. Hungarian band, all French & Americans. Chée there.

Wednesday 31 May

Mrs. Harley at home 10 o’c. Lin & self dine at Fanny Fildes 8 o’c. Mrs.

Hannau at home, 8 St Andrews Place, Regents Pk, 4 - 7. Out morg. about

maid, saw one Lin won’t let me have, not sufficient reference. Maud v.

busy with Madame on green dress. Charming dinner at Mrs. Fildes.

Sernans(?), Rhodes, Blomfields, McCleans. Lin busy with pictures for his

Private Exhibition at Fine Arts Gallery. Riley home afternoon & evening,

her mother v. ill, will have to leave Friday.

Thursday 1 June

Mr Parsons at home 4-7 to meet Mr Millet. Lovely day. Out morg.

Ordered bonnet & gloves Vickerys. Counted silver with Riley who leaves

tomorrow on ac’t of her mother’s illness. Maud, Lin & self to see Lin’s

drawings at Fine Art Gallery. They look beautiful, I was delighted with

them. Met Mr & Lady Margaret W, Mrs. Wagge, Trower, Col Grant etc.

there. Many drawings already sold. Very pleasant tea at Mr P’s. Mrs.

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Friday 2 June

Mrs. Atkin charwoman here for week. Mrs. Quilter’s at home 10 o’c.

Dine with Mr C. Watney & Mr Stone, 11 Chesterfield St. Go to see

Pinero’s new play “The Second Mrs. Tankerville”, Alexander’s. Riley

leaves. Enjoyed play immensely. W.A Speed came into our box short

time. Mr Watney took us after to supper at Willis’ rooms or restaurant,

delightful French place, music & cuisine excellent.

Saturday 3 June

X. Petit ami. Mr Ainger’s luncheon party 2 o’c Eton Day. Reception

Foreign Office evening. Private View of dear Lin’ s drawings at Fine Art

Gallery. Sp. called. V. crowded Fine Arts, great success, drawings look

charming. Lin & M. to Foreign Office. Dear Roy had black eye.

Sunday 4 June

Lovely morg. Got up as M. was in bed. Lin to Sir E. Lawson’s by 11.30,

sleeps night there & returns tomorrow. Dear Mother called, & Mr P.

Agnew who was so pleased with morning room I showed him other

rooms. Mr Bill, Mr Spiers, Mr Huish & Miss Rose Innes called & stayed

long while. Miss R. I. stayed to supper. Showers after lunch. Maud

looking sweet in her new green dress.

Monday 5 June

Mrs. Rawlinson at home, 4 - 7. Mrs. Palmer’s at home, 4 o’c. Brief ac’t

of Colportage(?) in England. Mrs. Batey after situation morg. Lin ret’d fr.

Sir E. L’s morg. M. & self called 3.30 on Lady Wills! tea there, Lady M,

more tea, Mrs. Watney there. Baby quite lovely. Mrs. Agnew. Lin dined

with C. Stokes, box of sweets! Mrs. Rhodes called.

Tuesday 6 June

Paid Annie one month’s wages £1.10.0. Mrs. Messel’s at home 4 - 7,

8 Westbourne Ter. Mrs. Montefiore’s dinner 8 o’c. V. warm. Lin slept

hours after lunch, came home v. late this morg. Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. &

Miss English, Mrs. McLaren called. V. pleasant dinner at Montefiores.

Wednesday 7 June

Mrs. de la Rue’s party 10.30. Mrs E. Palmer’s at home 10 o’c. Nelly

Keith’s luncheon party 1.30. Lin rode morg. M. & Mde. to coaching club

meet. Lin to Hampton Court, rides mare there. V. pleasant party de la

Rues. Ravosli(?), Ondin & Wolf. Ondin’s voice charming & v. handsome

face. Lin met us there & came back with us.


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Thursday 8 June

Mrs. H.A. Jones at home 10 o’c. Lovely day. Dull rowdy party.

Friday 9 June

Out 5 o’c calling. Went to Mrs. Burnand’s, Cox’s, Reed, Harcourt,

Mother’s. Mervyn v. poorly. Tilda there. Quiet evg. Lin finished work

after dinner.

Saturday 10 June

Mrs. Phipson Beale at home 4 - 7. Mrs. a’Beckett Terrell 4 - 7. Lin goes

on Sir W. Pearce’s yacht “Lady Torfeda” until Monday 9.30. Invite to

dine with Fritz Jackson. M. & self went to both at homes, v. amusing.

Col. Welby & Miss Bullock called. Mrs. Batey after situation at Mrs.

Laws 24 Queens Gate. Bought dust cloak for self £3.18.6 & Maud at

Teuman(?) fitting.

Sunday 11 June

Tilda to early dinner. Maud & self have supper at Mother’s. Dull morg.

Miss Hogarth & Mr & Mrs. Spielman called & had tea. Mad’lle here to

dine with Mde. M. & self to Mother’s evg. Annie fetched us & walked

home with us. Saw Reffell walking up & down.

Monday 12 June

Mrs. Rawlinson 4 - 7. Go to Mrs. Cohen’s, Round Oak Englefield Green

Surrey, till Wed! Lin returns fr Sir W. Pearce. Go to Egham by 5.40 fr.

loop line, Waterloo Sta. Saw Mrs. Law for Mrs. Batey. Gt. crowd at

Waterloo. Mr Cohen & party met us at Egham. Drove us in two

detachments to Round Oak, charming place. Tea under trees, 2 lovely old

cedars. Our rooms communicating. Linley joined us before dinner.

Dinner party dull. Maud much noticed by Mr Palmer. Spent 15/-

Cake 3.0

Fares 8.0

Porters 1.0

Maid 3.0

Tuesday 13 June

Mrs. H. Dickens dinner ¼ to 8 o’c. Mrs. Kemp’s glees 8 o’c.

Received £25 my annuity, & £25 Midge’s fr. Messres Lee &

Pemberton’s. Lovely day. Drove in 2 parties to Ascot thro’ Windsor Pk.

Cap’t Nathan, Miss Cohen, Mr & Mrs. N. Cohen, Mr & Mrs. Cohen our

host & hostess. Delightful box. Saw Mr Lethbridge, Colin & Mrs.

Hunter, Morley etc etc. Huish party close to us. Luncheon under trees

most charming. Saw 3 races. Tea with Cap’t Nathan in Artillery tent, he


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ret’d to town with us. Dined at D’s, met Mr & Mrs. Whitehorn, Joachims,

Boughtons & another couple. V.v. tired. Lots of callers. Mr Palmer took

Maud to paddock.

Wednesday 14 June

Paid Annie £1.10.0 one month’s wages till yesterday. Maud & self dine at

the Bristol 7 o’c with Miss Rose Innes & go to Lyric theatre to see L.

Duce in “Anthony & Cleopatra”. Lovely day. In all day. M. & Mde. to

Park. Lin rode. M. & self dined with Miss Innes at Bristol, 2/-, on to

Lyric. Saw “The Dolls house” in Italian. Duce fine but lost the beauty as

c’d not understand ¼. Arno as Helmer good. Saw Kemp Welchs & Alma

Tademas. Mrs. J. Watney called.

Thursday 15 June

Lady Seton 4 - 7. Mrs. W. H.Wills garden party at Botanic Gds 4 - 7.

Mrs. Colin Hunter’s dinner 7.45. Character of maid fr. Mrs. Milman, 17

Southwell Gds, S. Kens. Mr W. Agnew called. M. & self to Lady Wills.

Met B.W. there remained all time with us. Met Rhodes, Boughtons,

Hunters etc. On to Lady Seton’s, nearly over. Just time to dress. Pleasant

dinner C. Hunters, walked home. 6/6 cabs today. Mrs. Atkin a fortnight

here today £1.0.0.

Friday 16 June

Mrs. Orchardson’s dance 9 o’c. Mary Nicol comes for 4 days. Not

coming. Lovely day, heat intense. Out shops morg. Flowers 7d, rib 1/7½.

Saturday 17 June

Go to Mrs. Peto’s Knowlton Court, Dover, until Tuesday. By 1.30 fr.

Victoria due 3.52,. Station Adisham. Went by 4 train. Met Mr Warre,

married dau. & child, sta. Lovely place Knowlton Court. Train late &

dinner party! Only time to scramble into dress. House party. Mr & Mrs.

Harding, Cap’t Chapman & Col. & Mrs. Corry Walker.

Sunday 18 June

Lovely day. Sat out morg. & afternoon, read, wrote & talked. Do not care

for Cap’t C, like Mr & Mrs. Harding & Col. C.W. immensely. Never saw

such profusion of fruit at all meals.

Monday 19 June

Mrs. Rawlinson 4 - 7. Return fr. Mrs. Peto’s. Mrs. Kemp at home 9 o’c.

Returned by 3.50 train. Heat intense. Home at 8. Dinner & bed.


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Tuesday 20 June

Mrs. A. Henderson’s dance 10 o’c, 52 Princes Gate. Invite to go with Mr

C. Watney on coach “Magnet” fr. Vic. Hotel 11 0’c to Reigate. Mary

Nicol comes. Left after hurried breakfast to Vic. Hotel. Dull day but

cooler & no rain. Met Mr & Mrs. Ray, Mr Spottiswood, Mrs. Whitbread,

Mrs. Hewitt, Sir Guy & Lady Campbell & their pretty boy. Picked them

up at their own house etc. Fritz Jackson & one other. Most delightful

drive to Reigate. Lunch there & coffee on lawn, caves. Home at 7.30 in

dog cart & cob fr. Vic. Maud Lin & Mary Nicol to dance. No introducing

so did not enjoy it much.

Wednesday 21 June

Dull morg. Cooler. Mary N. & Maud out all morg in Park. To Russell &

Allens & met Mrs. Thorneycroft. Mary & self at 3 o’c to Grafton Gallery.

Met Mrs. Schlessinger. To Lin’s show, met C. Watney, & home. Mary on

to meet her sister at St Pancras. We dined here alone, Mary Maud & self.

Mary to party after dinner. Letter fr. Mary Edmonds, hope she can come

Friday. 2/- Grafton.

Thursday 22 June

Mr Moscheles pictures on view. Mary Nicol left us at 9 o’c for Scotland.

Dull. Maud & self after lunch to Fishers with bodice & vest of grey dress.

To Mrs. Orchardson’s about Maud. To Mde. Bocquet, ordered dress, 10½

gns! Fawn & black.

Friday 23 June

X. Mrs. Batey goes to Bournemouth. Mrs. Reffell & Mary Edmonds

came. Mrs. F. Macmillan’s dinner 8 o’c. Lady Anne Blunt at home 4 - 7,

Wentworth House, Swan Walk, Chelsea. Mrs. Bellew 10 - 12 Vieux

habits, £1.0.6. Mrs Holl’s dance, Maud going with the Orchardsons. Out

morg. Paid books. Strawberries 8d, flowers 6d. Bates called. V. pleasant

dinner M’s. Maud home 2.30, I let her in.

Saturday 24 June

Lin finished work morg, becoming very tiresome now to have drawing

room cleaned. Girls can’t get in till so late it does not get properly done.

Rained afternoon. Pd. Mrs. Atkin 12/- for week & one day. Went in

carriage to fetch Lin fr. Club. With Lin to Fine Arts, crowd there, met Mr

Fenn, Tilda, & Mr & Mrs. Kesley. Called on Mrs. Watney & Mrs.

Henderson, & stayed with Mother till 7. Sophy arrived & remaining a

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Sunday 25 June

Friends to dinner 7.45. Miss Rose Innes, Mr Spottiswood. Stayed till

12.30.

Monday 26 June

Mrs. Rawlinson 4 - 7. Mrs. Rhodes at home 4 - 7.30. Grossmith. Out with

Maud morg. Out at 4 o’c. Called on Col. Welby, gone. Very pleasant at

home at Mrs. Rhodes.

Tuesday 27 June

3rd time windows done at 3/- a time. Mrs. Holmes dinner ¼ to 8, not

acp’d. Academy Soirée 9 o’c. Maud lunches with Miss Davis at 1 o’c,

15a Pembridge Cres. Out morg on bus to Bank. X. To Mde. Bocqet’s to

be fitted with fawn & blk. dress. To Liberty’s for Maud’s blue dress &

tiresome Fishers about grey. Mrs. Sington, Mrs. A. Harding & Mrs. &

Miss Finlay called.

Wednesday 28 June

Mrs. S. Williamson at home 10 o’c. Maud lunches at Lady Hickman’s.

To Mrs. Parr’s to see the Queen pass 4.30 on way to uncover the statue of

herself by the Princess Louise Marchioness of Lorne in Kensington

Gardens. Saw well but unfortunate thunder shower came on just as they

were passing. Went morg. in carriage to Mother’s, saw Sophy. Mother &

S. just going out to Fishers & Liberty’s. Ret’d material to Liberty sent

yesterday. Select & dull party. Lord Spencer, Ld. & Lady Aberdeen.

Mary out.

Thursday 29 June

Mrs. Messel’s dinner party 8 o’c. Out morg to Mrs. Levy & Mrs. Cox.

Brought in raspberries & 2 brown cotton 3d. X. Sent £26.5.0 to Glyn

Mills Currie, last call on 21 B.A.Gt. S. 4% pref shares. Pleasant dinner.

Mary leaves today week. X. Petit ami.

Friday 30 June

Lady Anne Blunt 4 - 7, Wentworth House, Cheam. Mr Moulton’s dinner

8 o’c. Mrs. Walter Crane 4 - 7 at 13 Holland St.

Saturday 1 July

Lin dines at Mansion House & to Opera. Mrs. C. Wylie’s dance, 38

Abercorn Place 9 o’c. Patti concert at Hall. Mrs. Walter Crane at home

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Sunday 2 July

In bed till 12. V. seedy. Miss Innes & Will O. & Spinks called. Lin rode

& played tennis at Sir A. Hickman’s afternoon. V. v. hot. Quiet evg, to

bed 10 o’c.

Monday 3 July

Lady Wills at home 4.30. Mrs. Rawlinson 4 - 7. Lin & Maud to Lords for

Varsity match & lunch with Lady Hickman’s party. V. hot, feel v. limp.

Out at 3 with Mde. shops for tomorrow. Called on Lady W. & tried on

dress Madame B’s, don’t like it & it does not fit.

Tuesday 4 July

Mrs. Reginald Bingham at home 10 o’c. Asked to dinner 8 o’c Sir J.

Tenniel, Lady M. & Mr Watney, Mr Guthrie, Mr Bret Hart, Mr Dicksee,

Mr Lockyer, Mr & Mrs. Winchester Clowes, Sir B. Baker & Mrs. Kemp,

Syvania Rose Innes. Very pleasant dinner, had man to wait & Mrs.

Bixley to help Emma. Soup. Salmon etc. Chaud froid pigeons & tomato

salad. Roast lamb & peas beans à part. Roast chicken & salad. Jelly &

compôte of fruit. Anchovy egg savoury. Mde & self did all shop’ in

Kensington early. Maud & Lin to Lords all day for lunch & tea with Lady

Hickman. Mrs. H. Peto, Mrs. A. Harding, Lady M. & cousin, Mrs. Tate,

Mrs. Ogilvie & son, Judy Mason, called.

Wednesday 5 July

Mrs. Tomlin call 10 to 12. Mrs. Legge called about her dau. as pro tem.

Mary v. busy. At 3.30 to Mrs. Purdy, Spielman, Aunt Linda, had tea

there, Mrs. Montefiore, Ladies Lucas & Hickman, & Messel. V. hot.

Could not sleep. Mad’lle here to tea. Poor Annie tooth ache.

Thursday 6 July

Royal Wedding. Glorious day v. hot. Could not sleep. Mad’lle & Mde off

to see procession. Lin, M. & self to Mr Agnew’s. X. Mr Ainger’s letter,

one boy to sanatorium with scarletina. Feel most anxious about Roy.

Friday 7 July

Fritz’s dinner 8 o’c, M, Lin & self. Lady Ellis at home 8 o’clock. Mrs.

Pickering at home 4.30 (Mrs. Arkel). Mary’s 2 weeks wages 17.6.0. V.

pleasant dinner at Fritz. Met my double Mrs. Bridge & Admiral Bridge, 2

Miss Meinertzhargan, Mr Jack Robertson, Mr Herkomer & American

gentleman who took Maud in. Good music after.


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Saturday 8 July

Marion Pollack’s at home 4.30 - 7 o’c. Maud dines with Miss Rose Innes,

on to see French play after. Maud, Lin & self to Mrs. Mocatta’s until

Monday. House party Mr & Mrs. Wedderburn & Miss Enthoven, latter v.

nice.

Sunday 9 July

To spend day at Mrs. Mocatta’s Leyfield, Datchet. V. windy(?). Sat out

afternoon. Pool & battle evg.

Monday 10 July

Return fr. Datchet. For lovely drive in Vic. with Mr Wedderburn & M.

tho’ Windsor Pk. & forest.

Tuesday 11 July

Gentlemen’s dinner, 12. Out to stores morg. Spent £2.14.6 there.

Arranged table etc. Mr C. Watney, Schomberg McDonell, F. Burnand,

Lucy, Brandon Thomas, Ayala, Lehmann, Parsons & Lockwood.

Caviare. Clear soup. Cold salmon. Chaudfroid pigeons, tomato salad.

Roast lamb, peas etc, haricots verts. Roast chicken, salad, Russian salad.

Jelly & macedoine. Anchovy savory, cream cheese etc. Ices, pineapple

cream raspberry water. Grapes, cherries, greengages etc. All stayed till 2

o’c. Peals of laughter. 2 men waiters Mrs. Birley & girl.

Wednesday 12 July

To Mrs. Ionides for day by 10.20 fr. Paddington to Reading with Maud.

Maud lunches with Mrs. Burnand. M. & self dine with Miss Rose Innes

& go to French plays. Saw “Francillon”(?) by Dumas & “La joie fait

peur” Gerardin. Saw Bartet, Reichenburg & G(illeg) first & last splendid,

they can & do act.

Thursday 13 July

Out shops morg. Rested afternoon. Maud & self dined with Fritz at 7 o’c

& went to Opera after, “La Favorite”. V. cheerful music. 3 good stalls

near entrance & close to Ld. Lathom & Lady Brooke’s boxes. Lin dined

alone here most strange!

Friday 14 July

1st month Annie’s wages at £19.0.0. Mrs. McLaren’s dinner 8 o’c. Dear

Roy home till Monday. Eton & Harrow, Lords. V. dark afternoon. 6 o’c.

No Roy yet appeared. Roy home at 7, Eton winning great rejoicing. Mde.

& Roy to see “Second Mrs. Tankeray”(sic). V. dull party at McLarens.


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Mr Dillon, Mr & Mrs. J. P. O’Connor, Mrs. Milner (lively), Mr

Williamson, J. Waring, etc. Hugely dull glad to get home by 11 o’c.

Saturday 15 July

Lady Ellis at home 4 - 7, Buccleugh House. Eton & Harrow. Roy left for

Lords directly after breakfast. Lin, Maud & self went after lunch, met B.

W. who walked some time with Maud. Dear Roy v. much exalted Eton

won easily with 9 wickets to go down. Had tea with Mrs. Faudell Phillips

& grapes with Mrs. Williamson. V. handsome men at the latter’s. Lin

dined at Mr Agnew’s, most of Punch staff there, & Mr Morley etc. Roy,

Mde. M & self to Daly’s theatre, brilliant house. Saw “The Hunchback”

but oh! so dreary & dull, were densely bored.

Sunday 17 July

Did washing with Annie. Maud & self called after lunch on Mdes

Pickering, Webster, Walter Crane, Mrs. Williams, & to Mrs. Rawlinson,

had tea there very dull party.

Tuesday 18 July

Mrs. A. Lewis Garden Party 3 - 6. Madame Souberbeille’s dance at

Queen’s Gate Hall, 10.30. Katie Lewis wedding day! Most exquisite

presents all the world there. Ethel English called & kept us rather late.

Mrs. O. & Ada came on our return from Mrs. Lewis’. Lady Wills & Mrs.

Walter Crane called.

Wednesday 19 July

Up morg. by 9 to breakfast, turned out papers. Home from largest private

dance I ever went to at 2.20. Mde. had had 96 to dinner first at Queen’s

rooms & most gorgeous supper served hot & cold at 1 o’c, perfect

everything. Only knew Terreros, Mr Davis, Miss Knowles & Mrs.

Morley. Rained all afternoon. Maud to dinner at Mrs. C. Burnand’s 8 o’c

alone.

Thursday 20 July

Lin dined with Mr C. Watney.

Friday 21 July

Go to Mrs. Ionides for day fr. Paddington 10.20. Had to take cab at

Reading. Warm & fine but not sunny. Charming house. Went round

grounds most delightfully situated top of steep hill overlooking river &

Reading in the distance. River at the end of Ionides garden & field. Went

over house belonging to a Mr Gower, too small, & after excellent

luncheon went on river, had tea. Enquired prices at Roebuck Hotel


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v. dear! Dined at Ionides & returned by 9.40. Mr & Mrs. & child arrived

at 6 o’c on visit to Mrs. G. He played well. Marie & Irene extremely

pretty girls & look lovely at night.

Saturday 22 July

Mde. de Souberbeille at home, 78 Cromwell Rd, 4 - 7. Lady Anne

Blunt’s at home, Crabbet Pk. Busy morg. shop’g & Mother visit. Maud,

Lin & self to see “Love in tandem” at Daly’s. Ada Rehan & Bouchier

splendid, enjoyed it immensely. To Mde. S’s after. V. dull, knew no one

but Ena Terraro. Quiet evg. Mde. went to enquire for Mrs. Fildes for me.

Phene Knowles called handsomer than ever.

Sunday 23 July

Lovely day. Hot. Mr Wirgman & Lin for ride early.

Monday 24 July

Maud goes to Mrs. Messel, Nymans, Crawley Sussex. Saw dear Maud off

by 4.30 with Mr Messel & son. To stores after for shopping.

Tuesday 25 July

Lady Freake’s at home 4 to 7, collation 7.30, Fulwell Park Twickenham.

Asked Fritz, Mr & Lady M. Watney, Col & Mrs. Callaghan, Mr Stone,

Sir J. Tenniel, Miss Knowles. Caviare. Cold Salmon. Pigeons,

mushrooms. Roast lamb, peas etc, beans. Roast chicken, salad. Genoa

pastry, apricots, cream. Haddock savory, cream cheese etc. Ices, pine

cream, raspberry water. Pleasant dinner. Don’t care for table as much as

octagon, light too high, cloth too dark. Stayed to ¼ to 1 o’c. Sir J.T. left at

10 past 1 o’c.

Wednesday 26 July

Tea Mr Molesworth, 6 o’c. C’d not go, tomorrow instead. Mad’lle here,

had supper with Mde. & self. Great on Siam! Out Wed afternoon, called

& saw Mother. Tabs there for one night. Drove up with Lin to Turkish

baths. Feel v. weak & seedy. Long letter fr. dear Maud.

Thursday 27 July

Tea at Mr Molesworth’s. Went at 4 o’c called for Mother already gone

out to see Tabbie off to C.C. Went alone to Mr Hartree’s stayed & had tea

there & long talk. To Col. Welby to enquire. Went in & stayed some

time, charming man with excellent taste in furniture, china, etc etc. Took

me all over his house full of beautiful things. His fall not so serious as

expected, only stiff knee. To Prof. Dewar’s & to & to Moley’s, out as

usual. Sat alone in his dirty little room in smart locality, 6 Arlington St,


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for 20 minutes. Cheap little maid brought weak tea & came home, feel

cross with his unpunctuality. Lin rode morg. with Mr Stone. Quiet evg,

no letter fr. Maud.

Friday 28 July

Mr Jones here for stairs. In bed till 11.30. Disgraceful conduct of Mr T.P.

O’Connor in H. of Commons last evg. over Mr Chamberlaine’s speech.

Went with Lin after dinner to Shaftesbury Theatre, saw Loie Fuller

dance. Good but not elegant.

Saturday 29 July

Lady Cotton’s garden party & cold collation, could not go. Called after

lunch left note Col. Welby, cards on Mrs. O. Crawfurd, C. Mathews, Mr

Woodall, Mrs. P. Agnew & Aunt Linda, with Mde. After dinner to

Aquarium with Lin. Legs ache awfully. Saw boxing Kangaroo, v. good,

tight rope, & the dive! Wonderful but man looks v. mad. Baby screaming

all day at 21. 2 letters fr. dear Maud.

Sunday 30 July

Lovely day. Lin riding with Mr Wirgman, lunches at Club. I lunch with

Mother, home early after. 1/2 cab & bus. Mr Bret Harte, Mr Dicksee, 2

Miss Clerkes in afternoon & darling Mother. Mr Milliken dined here,

nominally on business but general conversation during dinner, & Lin fell

off calmly to sleep & snoring after dinner & left me to talk! religion! Mr

M. left 11.30. V. v. tired. Mr & Mrs. Walter Crane also came, like both,

he rather sad dyspeptic looking.

Monday 31 July

Lovely day.

Tuesday 1 August

Lin & self to see “Morocco Bound”. Went to dress maker Alice Hill

about red velvet dress.

Wednesday 2 August

Invitation to stay at Mrs. W. Clowes, unfortunately cannot go. Drove Lin

to Wellbey’s chose broach for Maud, crescent of diamonds & sapphires.

Lin gave me broach & having my pearl ring made into broach, also

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Thursday 3 August

Took Madame & paid calls. Most people away. Had tea with Mr Hartree,

more like a banquet all his family there, on way to Switzerland. To

theatre with Lin evg, forget where!

Friday 4 August

Dear Roy’s holidays begin. Arrived for breakfast, went off to Oval

directly after & only came home in time for dinner. We, Lin, R & self,

went to see “A Womans’s Revenge” Adelphi, pretty good.

Saturday 5 August

Shop’g morg. Met Mrs. Kemp & Mrs. Spofforth. After lunch Roy, Sp. &

self to Exhibition. Water show most amusing 2 monkeys swimming &

rowing, trapeze divers excellent & slack rope walker. Roy & Lin down

slope, all of us in toboggan, horrid. Spencer dined here & we all went to

see “Charlie’s Aunt” v. good. Roy saw school fellow Fox Strangeways

with his people.

Sunday 6 August

Lin & Roy riding to Hampton Court for luncheon. Quite an autumn morg.

dull foggy & crisp.

Annie’s wages 1.11.8

Left fr. last 11.8

Travelling 4.6

£ 2. 7.10

Monday 7 August

Roy to Oval. Frightfully crowded. V. hot.

Tuesday 8 August

Last Tuesday windows cleaned by Nash. Fetched dear Maud fr. Vic. Sta.

Met Mrs. Messel there. M. looking so well. Roy to Oval all day. I went

after with Maud to stores, bought 2 fowls 3/6, salmon 1/8. Punch dinner.

Left Mother’s entrée dishes. M’s train so late could not go up & see her.

Wednesday 9 August

Lovely but v. hot. Called at 4.30 on Mrs. Sington at 12 Welbeck St, too

seedy to see me, took her some flowers. Posted letters & sent postal order

of 11/4½ to Pullars for piano cover & dressing gown cleaned.


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Thursday 10 August

V. v hot. Out morg. Roy rode alone 5.30 in Park, cob. After dinner 7 o’c

Mde. Maud Lin Roy & self to Earls Court Ex. Saw water show again. Lin

v. wet coming down. Met Mr Kinderman & Mr Messel.

Friday 1 August

V. v. hot. Out morg. Pd. fish book, & on to see Present. Imperial Institute,

c’d not get in without paying. Walked home bought fruit. Dear Mother to

C.Church, Bates round morning. Letter fr. Mr Bret Harte about Seekins.

Roy riding alone in Row.

Saturday 12 August

Lin & Roy to Mr Lehmann’s for day & night, on river tomorrow. Maud,

Lin, Roy & self to morning performance of “Madame Angot” met Mr

Ainsworth & his bride, he came to our box. Pas jolie. He just engaged at

Daly’s Company.

Sunday 13 August

Lin & Roy leave by early train for Cookham & remain night with Mr R.

Lehmann. Sp. & two chicks to tea & Mr Bret Harte. Fearfully hot quite

glad of interruption to my packing.

Monday 14 August

Go to Tabs. Broiling hot day. Paid up books etc etc, came to Elmhurst by

2.15 train. Found the Stuart Wortleys & Mervyn here. Mother in rooms

but comes on Thursday to stay. Lin & Roy returned at 10 o’c from Mr

Lehmann’s, had delightful time there.

Tuesday 15 August

Mr & Mrs. Stuart Wortley left for Highcliff. Tabs, Maud, Mrs. S. W. &

self to Garden party at Mrs. Surman’s. Tabs & Maud drove. Mr S. W. to

Highcliff after.

Wednesday 16 August

Lovely day, v. hot. Mrs. Bell & two little boys to tea. Mrs. Bell translates

German books. Rested all day. Morg. to Bournemouth with Tabs, shops.

Tabs to dentist. Spent 1/9 telegram & something for Mother.

Thursday 17 August

Out morg. in dinghy with Hamilton, Lin & Roy. Mrs. Stuart Wortley

came to see Tabbie morg. I drove with H, Tabs & Maud to Ringwood

where they took train to Weymouth to join yacht “Alba”. Mervyn & Mr


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McCrow already there. Wire fr. them morg. Two brace of grouse fr. Mr

Watney arrived morg.

Friday 18 August

Lovely day. Mother Roy & self alone Elmhurst. Went in morg. to see

Mrs. Surman about Mr Bret Harte’s taking “Sandhills”. Roy caught crabs

& had game tennis. Roy v. tiresome, will not play again as he gets rude &

naughty. Lin left by 7.30 train for London.

Saturday 19 August

Lovely day. Sat out all morning. Mother & I drove to Mrs. Burnand’s for

teas. Charming house & tennis, billiard room. Mr Milliken & Miss

Hollingshead there. Lin came down by afternoon train, says heat fearful

in London. Dear Roy 15 years old today.

Sunday 20 August

Dull & windy, little rain. Mother, Bates & self to Church. Poor little

sermon, Trottle in front of us. Lin & Roy on tricycles to Bournemouth, so

wet fr. heat & rain returned for lunch. Took chicks for walk along cliff,

met Col & Mrs. Surman & Mrs. Oliphant & Mrs. Gibbs & Miss Cullen,

former asked Maud to tea for next Wednesday.

Monday 21 August

Sat out all day with dear Mother & feel much better. Yachting party

returned in time for dinner, blowing too strong to venture round coast in

yacht. Mrs & Miss Gillson & Mrs Reeve called, latter as funny as ever.

Tuesday 22 August

X. Petit ami au matin. In bed to breakfast, read “Heavenly Twins” by

Mrs Grand, 1st vol, very clever & original. Tabs, Maud & Lin to

Bournemouth. M. & L. lunched at Mrs Burnand’s, dear little Mary sent

me lovely bunch of flowers.

Wednesday 23 August

Maud to tea at Mrs Gibbs. Susie Cullen fetched her 3 o’c. Sat on Terrace

all afternoon. Pouring wet morning. Yacht race. Lin & Roy v. occupied

with tennis, billiards, cricket, & in to Christchurch on tricycle. Lin v.

tired! Ham angry last evening at dinner at delay in waiting caused by 2nd

bottle of ginger beer opened for Roy. When I expostulated with Roy

about his always taking 2 bottles of g.b. during dinner & delay caused he

said “I have settled that with McCrow now & told him to have the 2nd

bottle ready otherwise the first would disappear with startling rapidity”.


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Thursday 24 August

Lovely day. Change of rooms. Mr J. Hood came. Maud moved to

Mervyn’s room & Mr J. H. to Maud’s. Lovely drive with Mother & Tabs

to call on Mrs Miles. Interesting old house built 1652, Cromwell. Susie

Cullen here morg. with Maud. Mr Hood arrived time for tea. Music evg

& guessing game. Roy won pool later with gentlemen & was v. late to

bed & v. noisy.

Friday 25 August

Lovely morg. Dear Lin to London by 1st train.

Saturday 26 August

Tea at Mrs Bell’s & Mrs. Reeves. Lady Metcalf there, seemed much

impressed with Tabbie & fixed her eyes on her, evidently with

satisfaction. Mrs Reeve most amusing & original, persuaded Mr Hood to

go in with us, & think he liked her. Saw Constable sketches after tea at

Mrs Bell’s. Very large crowd of funny people there like moles of

interrogation appeared surprised to find themselves there. Gwen the

admiration of small Bells. Some of Mrs B’s water colour sketches very

charming.

Sunday 27 August

Tea at Mrs Gillson’s. Tea at Mrs Surman’s. M. & self to Mrs G. Horrid

neuralgia all night & feel seedy. Dear Mother seedy with pain in back.

Think we have been unwise in sitting out so long & so late without

jackets or hats.

Monday 28 August

Lovely day. Dear Mother left by 11 train, better, with Bates. Ham, Lin &

self for cruise in yacht “Alba” enjoyed it altho’ unable to land at Totland

Bay. Lunch on yacht, home to tea. Dear Roy off at 10.15 with Mr Gillson

& for G. (illeg) for cricket match. Tabs & Maud there with Mr Hood after

lunch. Roy returned much elated, made 44 runs not out & 4 wickets down

to 5 balls. Mrs Surman to Pool evening. Roy & Lin divided pool.

Tuesday 29 August

All returned by 1.30 fr. C. Church. Train one hour late.

Wednesday 30 August

Hot & close. Out directly after breakfast with Maud shop’g. Chose 3

dresses for Midge, 2 sailor hats & one to be trimmed for Midge. Called &

saw dear Mother, looks much better. Miss Gill here to tea. Lin & Roy to

Turkish bath.


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Thursday 31 August

Out all day shop’g. with Maud.

Friday 1 September

Left dear Roy at Mother’s after dinner. Lin, Maud & self to Euston, met

Farquhars, lost them at station, met again at Aberdeen Saty morg. & had

breakfast all together. Left Maud with them Saturday. Had bad night. Lin

& M. slept peacefully.

Saturday 2 September

Left dear Maud after breakfast 7 o’c at Aberdeen with Farquhars. Our

two trains left together in different directions. Arrived Tressady 8 o’c.

Lady M. met us at hall door in her usual kind way & to my room, the

same as before. House party – Mr & Mrs Fort, Miss Taylor, Mr Thring,

Mr Ryle, Mr Richards, Mr Newton. Played camps after dinner.

Sunday 3 September

Golf match. Mr Ryle bitten in leg by Walla, some doubt & confusion as

to which leg. Mr Ryle distinctly not pleased & very nervous. Lady M, Mr

Ryle, Mrs Fort & self drove to tea at Lady Margaret Graham’s. Mr & Mrs

Grenfell there, both seem v. lively & nice. Lady M. v. ill in bed. Evg. trial

of Walla in full & complete court of justice. Get up of council v. perfect.

Mr Ryle still grumpy, & put out.

Monday 4 September

Mr Ryle left at 2 o’c. No letters. Mrs Fort & self had little walk together,

watched Lady M. & Mr Watney play golf. No games after dinner.

Tuesday 5 September

Mr Marshall came. Lady M. & self alone afternoon, rest all out. Arranged

table for Ledger dinner & arranged sweep stakes after. Bébé drew

Truglass, Lady M. Ravenbury, self Royal Harry, Miss Taylor Peppercorn,

Mrs Fort Self Sacrifice. Great fun over drawing horses in one hat, names

of drawers in another. Letter fr. Dear Maudie, Roy, & Mother, all well.

M. having good time, Roy’s as usual v. short with P.S. of “What more

can I say”.

Wednesday 6 September

Lady M, Miss T, Mrs F. & self drove to Goldspie & Mr Fort. Did large

amounts of shopping for school treat. Lunched in large field facing sea &

skirting grounds of Dunrobin Castle. Lovely view of pretty little

Goldspie. Quite ravenous at luncheon, indigestion sequel. Saw Lady

Brooke & the Sutherland baby. Dunrobin Castle looked lovely, w’d like


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to have seen grounds, too late unfortunately. Drove home to tea. No

letters fr. Chicks.

Thursday 7 September

All party gone off to Brora for day except Mr Thring, fishing, & Lady M.

& self. Arranged presents for school fête morg. Wrote to Roy, Maud, &

Mother.

Friday 8 September

Miss Taylor, Mrs Fort & all the gentleman to Brora for Golf. Lady M. &

self at home, just having quiet talk in drawing room, Lady M’s hair all

down when the Duchess of Wellington, Lady Fitzhardinge & Lady

Blanche Coningham called, stayed ages. Room in great mess. Lady

Blanche v. pretty not v. young(?).


Great fête of 300 people, presents for all & extra prizes. Played games

with children. Marvellous disappearance of food at tea. Sweets & cakes

to go away with.

Sunday 10 September

(blank)

Monday 11 September

Lady M, Miss T, Mrs Foot & self drove to tea at Mr Ryle’s. Mr Dryhurst

& Mr Foot there all day. Bébé & Nurse, Lady M. Graham & little girl

there. Had tea in Mr Ryle’s room. Mr Dryhurst returned with us to

Tressady.

Tuesday 12 September

Miss T, Mr & Mrs Fort to Lairg fishing. Mr F 9½ lb salmon, ladies 26

trout. Lady M. & self, Mr Watney & Lin only at home all day. Poor Bébé

fell on pencil which pierced her forehead & bled horribly. Dr. came &

plastered it. Seemed wonderfully bright after. Letter from Maud.


Rained heavily morg. cleared at 12. Went with Lin & saw bathing pool.

Grand after rain, spate. No shooting. Book game evg.


Leave for London by 11.15. Great hand waving. Mr Newton leaves by

later train. Hot bearing on wheel at Kingusie, such a spashing with hose,

carriage next to ours. Heavenly day & scenery too lovely to neglect for


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reading. Had coupé returned to Perth. Loquatious old porter or guard at

Perth bothered us.

Friday 15 September

Arrived Euston 8.30, late one hour. Comfortable journey & slept well.

Lady Blanche Coningham got in at Lairg next carriage.


X. Petit ami au matin. Mother came & saw me morg, brought fruit. Going

to have Maud Monday till Friday. Lin & self leave by 2.15 for Seekins,

Mudeford. Comfortable journey. Dear Roy met us, looks well, on

bycycle. Pity Lin bought trycycle, like Roy so impetuous & does not look

ahead.

Sunday 17 September

In bed till 12. Lin, Roy & self dined early here. Lin dined at Ham’s. Lin

& Roy to tea Mrs Burnand’s. Tabs, Olive & Alice Holland called after

lunch & stayed some time. Gwen, Evy & Dorothy Shakespeare came in

after, & Mervyn. Roy & self alone to supper here. R. v. good, to bed ¼ to

10.

Monday 18 September

Dear Maud leaves Mrs Nicol, Banchory, for London. Emma meets her at

Euston & she goes to Mother, 58 Albert Hall Mansions, until Friday

when she & Lin go to Mrs Henderson’s. V. windy here. In bed till 12 o’c.

Lin headache again. Heel better. Roy to Bardoe’s for tennis on bicycle.

Lin to lunch H’s & out fishing with him. Roy & self alone to lunch here.

Tabs & Mervyn came in about tea time.


Up by 12. Went to Tabs after lunch & had tea there, Lin & Roy also.

Came home in time to dress for dinner. Lin & Roy after dinner to Tabs.

Tabbie most kind asks us every day to lunch or dinner.


Sat round with Tabs & Olive on sands morg. Lin to town by 1.30.

Mervyn drove him in. Two long letters from Maud, she slept Monday

Staf. Ter. & goes to Mother tomorrow. I went at 3 o’c with Tabs & Olive

to Lady Manners, lovely view from grounds, house v. ugly outside, like a

huge barrack of red brick. Lady M. out, had tea at Tabs.


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Sat out morg. Much colder. Had tea alone at Seekins. Tabs, Mervyn &

Olive came in after & had fresh tea. Roy at Tabs.

Friday 22 September

Lin & Maud go to Mr Henderson. Send Jessie’s div. 15/7 fr. B.A.

Western Rly to Bank. Sat out in sun reading all morg. Wrote letters (illeg)

at Seekins. Fire evg. in sitting room, v. cozy. Had tea alone. Called on

Mrs Gibbs & Mrs Gillson.


Roy & I lunch at Mrs Reeves 1.30 & Mervyn. Roy lunched at Tabs. Olive

& I went in Seekins cart to Mrs Reeves & lunched there, dreadful morg.

so cold & stormy, cleared about 1 o’c. Met Mrs Lowther & a Miss

(blank) at Mrs R’s, former amusing. Olive & self called after on Mrs

Roll. Tabs sent carriage for us. Lady & dau. Lady Manners calling on

Tabs. Had tea at Elmhurst & walked home. Ham shooting with Mr Mills.

2 brace of grouse fr. Sir A. Borthwick. Had one for dinner, excellent.

Excruciating neuralgia all night & morg. & all day. Makes me feel quite

wretched. Fire all day in sitting room.

Sunday 24 September

Lovely day, fresh. Had better night, covered head up in flannel. Sat out

morg. Roy & self lunched here. I had tea alone here & Roy & I dined at

Ham’s.

Monday 25 September

To lunch tea & dinner at Tabs, both Roy & self. Miss Nugent & brother

& friend, Miss White, Mr & Miss Gillson & 2 Miss Hays. Practised

cotillion. Mervyn returned fr. London & is sleeping here. Miss L. Bagnall

arrives at Tabs. Had long letters from Lin & Maud. Miss Bagnall arrived

at Tabs 6.30.


Went at 11 o’c with Olive in dog cart to Bournemouth, shop’g. Had tea at

Tabs. Mr Harding came, Mr Molesworth later. They all went to Mrs

Lathom’s dance. Wire fr. Lin saying Roy to return to Eton Thursday.


Neuralgia again. Writing all morg. After lunch went to Tabs for tea with

Olive. Rest all gone to Nugent’s for tournament. Miss Bagnall played in

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Roy & self returned by 1.37. Roy to Eton same night. Maud to Mudeford

for Tabs dance. All lunching at Seekins today! Found Lin at Station,

came home with us. Packed Roy’s things. Darling Maud’s letter & little

presents of hand’s & scent awaiting me on my table.

Friday 29 September

Orton in morg, to see Lin’s foot, v. inflamed. Dear Mother sent me lovely

roses. Went by om. to see Mother, looking very weak & poorly, had tea

there. Om. home 2d. lint 7d, poor woman 4d. Total 1/1.


Lin’s foot no better. Dear Maud returned fr. C. Church with Mervyn &

Shakespeares. I went after lunch in om. to Effie’s, 54 Ashley Gds.

Charming flat. B. B. there. Con laid up with muscular rheumatism. Had

tea there, returned by cab 2/-, om 4d, fruit 2/6. Total 4/10.

Sunday 1 October

Lin’s foot still v. bad. Maud & self to Mother’s, Mervyn there. Om 8d.

Lunched here. Dr Orton came, kept us till quarter to 3. Mr & Mrs H.

Henderson, Edgar & Mr Claud Watney called.

Monday 2 October

Did washing with Maud. Bixley here doing stairs. M. & self to Marshalls

about Midge’s dress. Om 6d, cab home fr. Piccadilly 1/6, figs 1/6. Total

3/6. Orton came during dinner. Lanced Lin’s foot, v. bad & v. painful.

Tuesday 3 October

Effie’s boy born 6 o’c this morg. In till 11.30. Saw nice maid fr. Mrs

Hunt. Dimanche. Dr Orton came. Lin’s foot v. painful but will take

photos in garden!!!. Brutal eternal photos. Had to fetch fish for lunch.

Ordered & paid for oilskin 1/2, & linseed 1/6. Total 2/8. Flowers 1/-.

With Maud after lunch to Sloane St. Ordered Midge’s tea jacket & satin

& silk for skirt & my stays at Bournes. Called & saw Mervyn & walked

home. Om 6d.

Wednesday 4 October

Dr O. came. Lin’s foot still v. bad. Out with Maud to Snelgrove’s to be

fitted. Kept me waiting ¾ of hour & not ready. Came away angry. Fare

there 6d, fare back 8d, with much walking, 1/2. Mrs. Spofforth called &

told me of small maid, who called with her sister in evening. Lin gave me

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Thursday 5 October

Dr O. came. Lin’s heel v. little better O. w’d lance it but did not. Mr H.

Furniss came & stayed some time. Mr Burnand & Mr Agnew came. M. &

self out morg. shops. Bought her lining 4/-, pears 1/-, paper 2/8½, stamps

2d. Mrs. Spofforth’s little maid’s sister here for week. Wrote to Mrs.

Richards for housemaid’s character. Lin with cold.

Friday 6 October

Went with Maud directly after breakfast to Stores. Bus there 5d. Bought

fish 1/9½, fowl 2/6, M’s toilet set 9/9, sweets 1/1, music 2/6½. Fare back

7d. Ethel English called. Saw Con’s baby morg. I went after tea & sat

with dear Mother, v. poorly indeed. Dr Orton came. Lin’s cold v. bad,

foot slightly better. Maud with sore throat. Long broom & wire sieve

4/9½.

Saturday 7 October

Went with Maud directly after breakfast to pay Mrs. Bixley 2/-, & called

& saw Blanche & Mrs. Cole, both look well. M. & self walked to

Mother’s, saw Dr Orton there. Mother still very weak but walking about.

Stop’d poulticing Lin’s heel, using carbolic oil now. Too tired to go out

after lunch. Mr Milliken came & had long talk with Lin. Find drawing

room here unbearably stuffy with Lin’s gas & smoking all day in it. Maud

with bad cold, Lin’s little better.

Sunday 8 October

Lovely morg. Stace here being photod. Lin in bath chair for hour fr. 12.30

to 1.30. I took “Kerrie” & went with him. K. behaved beautifully on

chain! Orton came. Mr & Lady M. Watney, Sp. & W. Oakes, Mr

Rawlinson & Mrs. Parish & child & Miss Drummond Hay called. Maud

to bed directly after dinner with feverish cold. Sent for diaphoric & gave

it her fr. Jones & Bowles.

Monday 9 October

To Woollands to be fitted. Neuralgia in ear, head & neck. M. in bed with

cold. Paid washing £3.5.10. Unable to go to Woollands.

Tuesday 10 )ctober

To Marshall to be fitted 11 o’c. Left here at 10.10, reached there 11, bus

3d. 3d also bus home. Ethel & Marion H. called. Annie did not know &

let them go. Woollands sent here & was fitted with Midge’s dinner jacket.

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Wednesday 11 October

Pouring wet day. X. Petit ami in bed. Spencer called, v. jumpy. Lin going

to Punch dinner. X. Emily Capus came. I drove Lin in brougham to

Bouverie St. His & M’s cold still heavy. V. v. bad with little F.

Thursday 12 October

Rosalind Watney & Dorothy Shakespeare to tea. Lovely day. Drive at 2

round park with Maud, & to Mother’s. Unable to go in, M. did. Mervyn

came & sat with me in brougham. Only Lady M. & Baby to tea. Maud to

dine & to Savoy at Mr Watney’s, & supper at Berkeley Sq’re after.

Friday 13 October

Maud Paxton came to stay. In bed till 12.30. I drove in brougham to

Con’s at 3. Eff sleeping, Con away. To Mother’s, found her having large

cases fr. Westwood unpacked. Miss Price called when there & remained.

Feel dreadfully tired & weak.

Saturday 14 October

V. wet morning. Two Mauds for walk. To Drury Lane evg. Mr Stone

joins us, & to supper in his rooms, The Albany. Dine 6 o’c. Saw Mr

Hood, M. P’s friends at theatre, long silly piece, good cast. “Life of

Pleasure”. Fritz Jackson came about tea time, staying with Claud Watney.

Sunday 15 October

Two Mauds to Church & to see Mother. Lin out riding with heel less

boot. Hot & close.

Monday 16 October

Mrs. Jopling Rowe at home 9 to 11.30. V. dull evg. for Lin & 2 Mauds at

Mrs. J.R’s. Mr Moleworth called. Lin rode. Two Ms & self to tea at Mrs

Christians, to see Auntie after.

Tuesday 17 October

Lunch with Lady M. V. wet. Left Maud & Maud Paxton to lunch at Lady

M’s, I felt too seedy. Was fitted with Midge’s dress Marshalls, & to Mr

Bartlett’s. Mr Hood called to see M. Paxton. Dr. Orton to dinner, stayed

till 11.30.


Invitation to dine Colonel Welby. Cannot go alas! 2 Mauds to pay bill at

Peter Robinsons. Both wrote two important letters! Great excitement over

same! X. Ap’t with Mr Bartlett 2.30. Stopped 3 teeth (2 eye teeth & one


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beyond left side.) Left at ¼ to 4, there 1 hour & ¼. Amy & Ethel to tea.

Con called. Mad’lle called. Lin to Punch dinner.

Thursday 19 October

Col. Welby’s dinner, 13 Queen Anne’s Gate, 8 o’c. Lovely day. Arranged

bills & papers. Did fern cases. App’t 3.15 Mr Bartlett. Two Mauds out

morning for walk, followed by 2 gentlemen, v. annoyed. Mad’lle to

dinner with 2 Mauds, took them to “Dalys” theatre. Mrs. Watney called.

Most charming dinner at Col. Welby’s, his sister or a relation. V.

charming home. Mr Gilbert & Mrs. Lynn Linton. Silver, furniture, dinner

all perfect.

Friday 20 October

Lovely. X. Maud to 1st drawing class. Two Ms went with me to Marshalls

to be fitted.

Saturday 21 October

Two Ms to Surbiton to tea & lunch. Lin worked till 12. I turned out

cupboards. Lin rode morg. Slept in my room after. Quiet evg. Clara

Bergheim called. Kerrie w’d not touch food all day.

Sunday 22 October

Pouring wet day. Two Mauds to Church. Mr Messel & Mr Dyce to tea.

Lin rode morg. Mare went well. Mr Dyce & young Messel called.

Monday 23 October

Walked morg. shop’g. To Mother in bus 3d. Girls for walk. Basil P.

called evg to tea. Maud & self to Mr Bartlett’s to make ap’t for me

shopping out again! Called on Mrs. Mocatta, Lady Hickman & Mrs. Aird.

Lin at work on Almanack. Quiet evg. La nouvelle fille s’en va au mois.

Tuesday 24 October

X. Anne s’en va aujourdhui mois. Saw two maids both willing to

undertake work. Col. Welby & Miss Muir Mackenzie to tea. Mrs. Finlay

& Mrs. Paxton & two little girls called. Out morning shop’g & ordered

Halma & book for Midge. Two Mauds to tea at Aunt Linda’s. Conrad to

dinner here stayed v. late.


X. Ap’t 10 o’c with Mr Bartlett, cab there 1/6. Walked after maid’s

character, late riser & slow, & lodging house. To Mrs. Hunt’s. Met Mrs.

Holmes & Edith Cole. Mrs. Paxton & two chicks box at Court Theatre.

Emma & Emily out. Wet night, last to leave theatre.


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Thursday 26 October

Col. Welby & beautiful lady fr. to tea. Came Tuesday instead. Morg. to

Mrs. Hunt’s & to order packing case for Midge. Afternoon 3.30 two Ms

& self to Stores ordered mantle, called & saw Eff, looking v. well &

pretty. Con & Miss Gordons there, & dear Mother after. Bought Midge’s

robes 2/11 Woollands. Two Ms in Row morg. Met Mr Stone, Col. Welby,

Ruth Messel. Basil P. with them all the time.

Friday 27 October

M. & self to tea at Miss Dyce 4.30, 4 Cheyne Court. Maud Paxton goes.

Maud to drawing class & walk after. Lovely day. Drove to Vic. with

Mauds, saw Mrs. P. Left M. with her & on with my M. to Mrs.

Crawfurd’s. Saw her, wanted us to stay to tea but had to go to Mr Dyce’s.

Charming flat at Chelsea, showed us over his rooms. Miss D. v. ordinaire.

Called at Mrs. Torrens & arranged about Maud’s going to Mitcham with

her Thursday next. Saw dear Mother, going tomorrow to Edgar’s.

Saturday 28 October

Morg. out shops. X. Maud seedy. At 2.30 to Lyric theatre. V. good

American girl Yoké & Lonnen(?) v. good in “Little Christopher

Columbus”. Saw maid. Lin had Turkish bath after theatre. Quiet evening.

Sunday 29 October

M. & self went to Park, met Mr Messel, walked part of way home with

us. Lin rode trycycle, knocked over little child! Lovely morg. Dull later.

Monday 30 October

Washing. Fetched Maud fr. her drawing class & saw her gown fitted at

Derry’s. M. & self to tea Miss Muir Mackenzie’s. Sir Horace Davy there

& Col. Welby. To Russell & Allens. Mother at Edgar’s. Roy been getting

into trouble throwing stones. One flew thro’ a tradesman’s window. Roy

& accomplice were summonsed & had to pay fine 10/- & cost of window.

Mr Ainger v. lenient about it & kind.

Tuesday 31 October

Out morg. early to Stores. Ordered meat, fish & fowl. Spent 10/1. Ruth &

little Messel to tea with Maud. I went in brougham at 3.30 to Lady

Cotton’s, Mrs. F.C.B, Mrs. Sidney Harding, Mrs. Watney & Mrs.

O’Callaghan. Sent £5.0.0 on deposit to Army & Navy Stores.

Wednesday 1 November

V. cold. Fires in full force. Maud to lunch at Mrs. Messel, Annie taking

her. M. only went for walk with L. & R. Messel. Mrs. Crawfurd, Mr


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Brabazon & Lill Laver called. Tilda to supper. Annie out. Mad’lle had

called & left me book to read.

Thursday 2 November

Maud goes with Mrs. Torrens to Mitcham for dance. Take her ticket to

Mitcham Junction, L.B.S.C. Rly, Victoria 5.20 train. Dull & wet. Out

morg. with Maud to Barkers & Butts about accounts. Gave Maud flowers

1/6 & 1/6 for something else, hair net etc. Saw maid 22 years in one place

with Mrs. Simonds brother in law. Took Maud to station, took her return

ticket 2/6 & gave her 17/6. Was introduced to Mr Torrens. To see Eff

after. Ethel E. & another friend there. Letter fr. dear Mother.

Friday 3 November

M. returns by afternoon train, did not enjoy it had supper & bed being

glad to get home. I went to meet her. She came by later train with Miss

S(illeg)

Saturday 4 November

Mrs. Rawlinson’s 4 - 7. Lin, M. & self to Comedy. Saw “Sowing the

wind”. Miss Emery, C. Maude & B. Thomas excellent. Most pathetic

piece. Carriage met us in Jermyn St, difficulty in finding it. Saw maid

Alice Turner, parlourmaid. Mr C.Carr came to our box.

Sunday 5 November

I went to St Paul’s Ch. for prayers only. Lin rode thro’ London! Struck as

ever with its squalor!!! No callers, M. disappointed.

Monday 6 November

Maud to drawing. I went after maid’s character. Lady c’d not see me as

maid had not asked her permission. Miss Craigie, 40 Warrington

Crescent. Saw short house parlourmaid, like her face, lived in Wilts.

Fanny Stubbs. See lady for Annie. Lovely day, frost during night. Lin

rode morg. Called with Maud on Mrs A. Speed, Rawlinson, Holmes,

Messel, Spielmann, Lady M, Medley & Mrs. Walter Crane. Saw Mrs.

Church for Annie.

Tuesday 7 November

Lovely morning. Maud for walk with Annie morg. Mare sore back.

Purnal to stores. Called alone on Mrs. Fildes, C. Hunter, Princep,

Harcourt, Parr & Spofforth & Gale on foot.


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X. Petit ami. In bed till 12. Mrs & Miss Walter Crane, Miss Holland

(Niddry Lodge) Aunt Linda, Amy & friend, Mr Dyce, Mrs. & Miss

Schulhof(?) called, rather a squeeze in small morg. room. Lin to Punch

dinner.

Thursday 9 November

Lunch at Punch office. Lin dines out. Lin & Punch staff dined at Mr A. de

Rothschild’s. “Yoké” there sang & much admired. Feel v. weak & seedy.

New kitten arrived, mice all over drawing room.

Friday 10 November

In bed till 12. Drove at 3 o’c to Mrs. Simonds, had tea there, charmingly

roomy house. To see dear Mother after, stayed some time with her.

Altho’ she was ill at Edgar’s she looks better for the change.

Saturday 11 November

Mrs. Cohen’s at home to see Chrysanthemums, 3 - 6. Unable to go. Emily

left. X. Roy came home for long leave, arrived in time for luncheon. Roy

& Lin to Drury Lane “A life of pleasure” directly after lunch. Lin, Maud,

Roy & self to Haymarket. Mr Guthrie met us there & Mr Tree came

between acts to our box. Mr W.S.Gilbert & Mr Goodall in stalls. Piece

much more interesting than we expected, wonderful scenery. “The

Templer” by H. A. Jones, time of Chaucer. Mr Guthrie most kindly gave

Roy 10/-.

Sunday 12 November

Lovely day. Maud to lunch with dear Mother. Lin & Roy for ride. Only

Miss R. Innes called.

Monday 13 November

Lovely. Agnes did washing for me. Went at 3.30 to call on Auntie, Mrs.

P. Agnew, Mrs. Power, & fetched Maud from Mother’s where she had

spent day. Fanny B. & Alice called, both well. Lin rode, met Mr Stone &

Mr Alexander who admires Maud v. much. Roy returned to Eton.

Tuesday 14 November.

Fog. 1st fog. Lin lunches with Mr Guthrie. M. & self with Mother,

returned about 6 o’c in cab 1/-.


Dull & wet. To stores by bus. Carriage fetched me at 12 o/c. Ordered 3

leathers, new sieve, & liquid gum. 6 pudding & 6 cheese plates, 7/5. Miss


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Enthoven & sister, Mrs. Medley, Mrs. Boughton, Mr Molesworth & Miss

Clerke called. Annie out.

Thursday 16 November

Lin dines with Mr Chaplin. Maud lunches with Mother. Emma out. Maud

walked with Agnes in Park. Kerrie lost, & found, great commotion. Maud

met Lin & Mr Stone in Row. Bates brought Maud back.

Friday 17 November

Maud & self to tea at Miss Clerkes & on to Burlington House to see

Molesworth’s clock. Met Lady W. Lennox & a gentleman whose name

c’d not hear. Do not care for her. V. confusing invention, do not

understand enough astronomy to appreciate it. Lin’s cold v. bad. Maud &

self walked to Row after her drawing class. Met Lin & Mr Stone. Quite

warm & sunny.


Very cold & damp. X. Annie goes. Alice Turner comes. Out morg. shops

with Maud. Flowers 1/5, 2 plants Barkers 2/6, plant 9d. After luncheon

Lin, M. & self to see “Mde. Favart”. St John & James v. good. Bitterly

cold coming home snow & sleet. Lin’s cold very bad, will go out.

Sunday 19 November

Snow! & very cold. Maud lunched with Mother. Blanche came to dinner

& Agnes went out. Lin dined with Mr Lockwood, met Bar & Stage only!

Agnes out.

Monday 20 November

Maud to drawing. Lin rode. V. cold wind. Maud to lecture on Shelley &

Keats with Miss Rawlinson, & to tea with her. Agnes fetched her. Dined

6.30 & went to Daly’s theatre to see Miss Rehan in “The school for

Scandal”. Sir J. Tenniel & Mr Stone met us there, & we supped after at

Mr Stone’s.

Tuesday 21 November

Mrs. Lucy’s dinner 8 o’c. M. & self walked in Row, met Lin riding with

Mr Stone & Mr Maude, was introduced to last. V. good looking small

man. Met Mrs. Messel & Ottie, & Dr Smiles. Emma out. Rested

afternoon. Maud alone here evg. Met at Mrs. Lucy’s Mr & Lady Fanny

Marjoribanks, Sir Donald Currie, who took me in, Mr & Mrs. Harry

Lawson, Sir James Carmichael, Mr Jackson, Sir Douglas Straight, Sir

James Robinson (Editor Daily News). Lin’s cold still v. bad & new

maid’s also.


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Effie Harrison to lunch. Maud to drawing. I out alone shop’g. Mrs.

Harrison called. Mrs. Holmes & niece, Mrs. Rawlinson & dau. called.

Agnes out.


Shop’g morg. alone. Agnes took Maud for long walk in Row. Lin in all

day. At 3 o’c went with Maud to Mrs. a’Beckett’s & Miss Thomson’s,

both in. Justin McCarthy & Mrs. O. Crawfurd at Miss T’s.

Friday 24 November

Dull, cold north wind. Lin’s cold still heavy. Maud all morg. to drawing

class. Lin in all day.


Miss Holland’s small evg. party. Maud enjoyed it immensely. I let her in.

Maud, Effie Harrison who lunched here & self to see “Morocco Bound”.

Cab back 3/- program 6d. Maud had carriage evg.

Sunday 26 November

Wet morg. Alice out after lunch till dinner. Bret Hart, Miss Rose Innes,

Olive & Dorothy to tea. Lin’s cold v. bad & I feel v. shivery & seedy

generally.

Monday 27 November

Dr.O. came morg. sent me to bed. Slight attack influenza, feel bad! V.

cold wind.

Tuesday 28 November

Maud Lin & self dine at 7.45 at Mrs. Tweedie’s, 30 York Ter. Very seedy

in bed all day with influenza pains all over me & head dreadful. Dr.O.

came gave me stuff for head antipirine(?) better almost at once. Mr &

Mrs. a’Beckett called. Lin & M. went for walk in Row. Lin felt v. done

up after. Maud went alone to Mrs. Tweedie’s. Col Hosier & Mr Darley

next her at dinner.


Got up about 12 v. limp feeling as if I had been ill weeks. Influenza

heavy in my head. Dr.O. came morg. & also evg. to write prescription.

Lin rode. Called on W. Agnew & dined with him evg. altho’ he ought to

have been at home. Alice out. Mrs. Joachim called. Unable to see anyone.


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In bed till 12.15. Cold still heavy in head but do not feel so weak as

yesterday. Mervyn called, sat to Lin, looks well. Lin rode, still looks very

pulled down. Maud & Agnes for walk. Maud out at 3.15 driving. Lin &

self were to have dined at Mr Ayala’s tonight, unable to go. Mons. sent

me 12½ bottles of champagne. Mervyn ill evg. with influenza.

Friday 1 December

Dull wet morg. Awake early, horrid pain on chest fr. coughing. Cleared at

12. Agnes took Maud for walk. Lin in all day. Maud drove at 3 alone.

Saturday 2 December

Con sails alone for Havana. Very hard frost. Lin & Maud walked in Row.

Lin & Mr Stone to Garrick Club for lunch. Lin had Turkish bath after &

Maud fetched him in carriage. In bed till 12.

Sunday 3 December

Lovely & bright but very cold. Up at 12. Maud & Lin walked to Row. I

wrote number of letters. Mr Bret Hart, Edgar, Rose Innes who remained

dinner, & Mr Hensman called.

Monday 4 December

Sp. called & I went for short walk with him. Warm out. Lin rode. Maud

with Miss Rose Innes shop’g.

Tuesday 5 December

Stiff neck, cough v. tiresome. X. Petit ami. To stores at 2 o’c. Ordered 4

prs stockings 2 petticoats for self, Mother’s dressing gown. Miss Webster

& Mrs. Spielman called, out. Lin dining with Ayala.

Wednesday 6 December

Maud shop’g, did not go to drawing class. In bed till 12. Sylvania Rose

Innes, Mrs. Leech & dau, & Mrs. Nembhard called. Mad’lle to supper,

looks v. pale & thin. Lin rode. Agnes out.

Thursday 7 December

Invitation to dine at Miss Rose Innes at Bristol, & to see “Eutopia” after.

Lady Wills’ dinner & Mr Ayala’s dinner. Lin & Maud dining with Miss

Rose Innes & to see “Eutopia” after. Maud with Agnes to be fitted at

Woollands for brown & green dress. Lin rode. Emma out. Miss Crane

called.


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Friday 8 December

In bed till 12. Lin busy finishing drawing to be off tomorrow to Tabbie’s.

Mrs. Heilbut & Mrs. & Miss Gordon called. Took Maud at 4 to Blanche’s

studio where she had tea & drove to Mother’s. Both she & Mervyn

looking seedy, feel v. bad myself. Agnes fetched Maud.

Saturday 9 December

In bed till 11.30. Lin left early for Tabbie’s Brookwood Park till Monday.

Lovely day like spring & so sunny. At 3.30 I called alone & had tea on

General Nembhard who has v. nice about our cousinship & talked about

Mother when a girl. Charming house & quite enjoyed my visit. Maud

went to a dance with Miss Holland to her sister’s which she enjoyed

immensely. Alice sat up for her as I sat with Lin till 1 o’c last night. I feel

awfully seedy.

Sunday 10 December

Pouring wet morg. Maud down late after dance which she enjoyed

immensely. Maud received £4.14.6 from Messrs Bradbury & Agnew for

her 4 drawings in Punch. I paid her £2.6.0 which I had borrowed for

house. Mr Messel & Mr Hook called & stayed tea. Maud to Mother’s to

lunch.

Monday 11 December

Mrs. Cohen’s small dance. Out morg. shop’g on foot alone. Maud & I

alone. Dull day, shops nearly empty. Lin returned fr. Tabs.

Tuesday 12 December

Mis Gill to luncheon & tea. Frightful gale, window smashed. Mr Weigall

called & had tea. Lin dined at Mr Lehmann’s.


Maud Agnes & self to Ramsgate. Can’t go. To Woollands, fitted with

new blk. dress. M. & Agnes for walk. Mrs. Messel called & could not

hear her, catastrophe, we were trying Maud’s opera cloaks & could not

hear bell. Alice out.

Thursday 14 December

To Woollands to be fitted. Walked with Maud & Kerrie thro’ Park. Met

Mr Stone, Mrs. Heilbut & Mr Harding who walked part of way home

with us. I lunched at Mother’s, Tabs there & Mervyn. Went with Tabs to

call on Lady Annaly, out. To tea Mother’s. Wired for Mr Messel,

engaged. M, Lin & self to Court Theatre alone. £50 Midge’s & my

annuity. Conrad sailed for S. America.


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Friday 15 December

Lovely day. M. & self took Kerrie & walked to Woollands & thro’ Pk.

Met Mr Stone & walked back. M. v. tired. I alone 3 o’c to Madame

Napoleon. To Mrs. Oakes & had tea there, & to Mrs. Joachim who seems

much taken with Maud.

Saturday 16 December

Lovely morg. Again to Woollands to be fitted by bus, & walked part of

way back. Miss Innes dined here & we went to see “Diplomacy” after.

She brought us back in her carriage.

Sunday 17 December

Went alone by bus to Mother’s, walked with her & remained to luncheon.

Lin walked to club & lunched there. Maud with cold, lunched here! Mrs.

Sington called. Mr W. Stone to dinner, hope he will not marry, think him

too selfish a man ever to make a good husband.

Monday 18 December

Dull. Lin riding. Maud & Agnes to Ramsgate.

Tuesday 19 December

Mrs. Buckmaster’s dance. Maud enjoyed it immensely. B.W. there.


I came down to Ramsgate alone, left Lin in town. Think Maud looking

tired & dark round eyes. Quiet evg. Bedroom small & inconvenient for 2

but sitting room comfortable. Maud slept with me. Alice v. good helping

me pack etc.


Fine day, colder. Shop’d. Maud to Mrs. Grant’s dance, took 2¾ hours to

dress. B.W. not there. V. angry at her being so long at it, tires her out

before she starts. Had quiet peaceful evg. alone.

Friday 22 December

Lin & Roy came down by S.E.Granville. Shop’d morg. Maud dined with

Mr Gould. Miss Gould called.


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Sunday 24 December

Lin & Roy rode. Maud & self to St Mary’s, sat in line with whole family

of Weigall boys. Agnes walked with Maud & met B.W. & walked on

Parade till M. came in. Mr Soubey, Mrs. Burnand & Mrs. Charley & Mrs.

Simpson(?) called today or yesterday, forget which. Lin & self dined at

Granville with Mrs. Heilbut & husband, Alexanders & W. Humphreys.

V. dull evg.

Monday 25 December

Maud & self to St Georges to avoid B.W. Met on Parade & walked with

Maud whilst I was speaking to Mrs. Hood, seems v. fond of Maud, pity as

it’s quite hopeless. We all went in to Burnands after dinner, received

books as usual. Mr Hammond & Frank gave away books. Mr Burnand

seedy. Lin’s cold still heavy.

Tuesday 26 December

Lovely day. Lin & Roy rode to meet. Lin had fall on mare, fortunately

unhurt himself beyond shaking but mare’s leg badly cut. Lin v. upset,

ought to be very thankful it was no worse. I called on Mrs. Buck, heard

Cuthbert had scarlatina so Lin Roy & self did not go in to children’s

performance. Maud went & stayed till one o’c, Lin v. angry. Mrs.

Hammond & the Pugins called.


Lin to London by early train. Roy & self by 12, all met at C. Cross &

went to Brasted together where carriage met us & we drove to Foxwold.

House party Miss Hogarth, Mr Luxmoore (Eton master) & Mr Guthrie

besides ourselves. Quiet evg. Boys dined with us, little Pym 6 months

younger than Roy.


Charming house & grounds. Sat in all morg. talking to Miss Hogarth,

whilst Lin & boys went shooting. Miss H. & self drove to Westerham,

home to tea. Dinner party evg. Mr Mrs. & Miss Burnaby & another lady.

Delightful home to stay in full of books & charming pictures.

Friday 29 December

Lovely day. Walked out morg. saw grounds & drove after luncheon to Ld

Stanhope’s Chevening Pk, & another place owned by Spottiswoods &

now let to a Belgian count. Dinner party evg. Mr Gordon, Mr Mrs. &

Miss Johnstone.


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Returned with Roy fr. Brasted 12 o’c after delightful visit. Lin & Mr

Guthrie to London by early train, L. joined us at Ramsgate by Granville.

X. Petit ami. All went to Mrs Burnand’s evg. Connie engaged to Mr

Lindley. Maud showed me B.W’s letter to her. V. nice letter & je crois

qu’il l’aime mais l’amour ne va rien sans argent. Letter fr. Emma, her

husband died suddenly last evg.

Sunday 31 December

Dull. Fog from sea. Maud in drawing all morg. Lin & Roy walked.

Connie B. to tea. Maud to tea Mrs. Hood’s. Too tired to go to Mrs.

Burnand’s.

My first visit. (Roy’s handwriting on back pages of diary)

It was my first visit & we were to stay from 27th until the 30th Dec with

some friends who owned a charming old Queen Anne house in Kent

surrounded by a well wooded park. After a 1 hours journey we

approached the little station of (blank) at six o’clock PM where luggage

cart & brougham were awaiting our arrival. It was a very cold evening

and freezing hard. After a slight delay, owing to the luggage, off we

drove and after half an hours drive we arrived at the destination. I was 15

years old at the time and was at Eton where I had been 3 years. It is

necessary to say that the son of Mr Pym was also an Eton boy. My father

& mother were with me leaving my sister Maud at our house in

Ramsgate. There were several other visitors in the house one of which

was a Mr Luxmore an Eton master. He was an elderly gentleman, very

handsome, of medium height, grey hair and had very gentlemanly

manners. Our host was a tall genial man, stout, with a touch of Napoleon

about him, evidently an admirer of art as the house was filled with works

of art & the library was filled with valuable books of which he was not a

little proud. The hostess was a little short woman with a kindly

expression in her large prominent blue eyes, about 35 years of age. She

was Mr P’s second wife. My Eton companion was about my age tho’

somewhat shorter. There were two pretty little fair girls besides, about 9

& 10 respectively, who were kept in strict order by a French governess.

There was a large double hall where large family portraits hung &

portières of old tapestry. The grand staircase leading to the principle

bedrooms which were on either side of a long gallery, lighted by a stained

glass window whose prismatic rays cast weird & fantastic light on the

many old pictures.