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wolfy58 · 2 years

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1827 May Tuesday 15

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incurred the cross last night thinking partly of Mary then of Mrs. Barlow - at my desk at 9 1/4 – wrote the last 12 lines of yesterday – then wrote the following to Madame Droz ‘ my dear Louise – Mrs. Barlow tells me, you are not well,

‘or, rather, that you are as those must wish whose interast in your happiness is deepest – I have so often had the ill

‘luck to find you not at home, I am resolved to inquire whether I may hope to be more fortunate any hour

‘this morning – It will always give me pleasure to have any occasion of offering you my congratulation

‘as your welfare and happiness will never cease to be regarded with affectionate concern by yuor very sincere friend A L- (Lister)’ sent off my note ‘à Madame Madame Droz Rue Caumartin, No10’ at 10 1/4 – made out and wrote out last week’s summary – breakfast (over at 11 1/2) and reading the paper from 10 1/2 to 11 55/60 – then 1/4 hour settling my cashbook – from 12 1/4 to 12 55/60 finished dressing – went out at 1, direct to Madame Droz – message back to say she would be glad to see me before 2 – got to the Droz’s at 2 10/60 – sat 40 minutes with Madame and Mademoiselle Droz (Monsieur Droz there the last 4 or 5 minutes) – mentioned having called the day but one after meeting Monsieur Droz on the boulevards – but she was sortie – a bêâ?lise of the porter’s – she was in bed – has called several times (but not lately) about 1 – she was always out – I had been much engaged – not quite well – could I have done her the smallest service she would have seen me oftener – I had not forgotten her – was not a person given to forgetfulness – she belived me – she had been evidently pleased with my note, and we got on very well together – said my aunt was going in a few days

F 56 at 8 50/60 a.m.

59 at 12 1/4 p.m.

53 at 10 –

fine morning

fine day –

to pay a visit to our propriétaire (he and his family the very quintessence of civility) at his campagne at Mendon – we should go by the bois de Boulogne – should have a spare place in the carriage, and should be happy if Madame Droz would take it – yes! – apparently pleased with the attention – going to Bordeaux in 2 months – to be confined there – wondered at her going so far south – which never agreed with her – when her nerves wanted bracing – somehow speaking of Mrs. Barlow, she (Madame Droz) as also Mademoiselle Droz praised her goodness, gentleness, etc – said she had been very ill – yes! but said I she is now better – we walk every day – It has [?] roused and done her good – she used to brood too much over things – yes! said Madame Droz but it was very annoying – It seemed she alluded to having Madame de Boyve’s – ah! said I I did not mean that – but that was bad enough – yet it woul}d have been got over – calls had been exchanged – but what was said afterwards made it worse – I had heard from 2 or 3 quarters what had been said – Mrs. Barlow had told me some little; but I hoped, and thought, she had not heard much – it was fortunate – of course, I was not anxious to inform her – to all this Madame Droz agreed – Left the Droz’s at 1 50/60 – went direct to Mrs. Barlow told her all that had passed – perhaps she seemed more surprised than really pleased at my having called – but laughed and said how unequal I was – how much unlike her – she had neither energy nor talent to do as I did etc. etc. sat talking till 5, then went out after just seeing Madame Galvani and Jane, at 5 10/60 – went to Michell’s for Mrs. Barlow to get a bun – I foolishly ate a gateau grec (sort of little balloon pudding with a little a finest marmalade in it) a petite paté and a little gooseberry tartlet – then walked to the barrière de l’Etoile – talking of the Swiss tour – to go in June or July? should perhaps go as we 1st (first) planned to Strasbourg first, and afterwards cross the Simplon to the north of Italy – parted with Mrs. Barlow at my own door, and came in at 5 40/60 – had talked of being away 15 weeks for about talked of being away 15 weeks for about £75. each - she had sat on my knee I had kissed her and had my hand up her petticoats was just going to undo her drawers when Therese came to the door and we were prevented - Dinner at 5 3/4 - the hot goosberry pie I ordered at Michels very good – came to my room at 7 20/60 – prepared my bedroom – settled my accounts and with George – wrote the last 24 lines, and went into the drawingroom at 8 35/60 – wrote out index from Tuesday 1st (first) to the 14th instante which took me till 9 55/60 – came to my room at 10 – O .. -

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whatdoesshedotothem · 2 years

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Tuesday 29 May 1832

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finish but dampish morning F60° on my dressing table now at 9 a.m. – great deal of rain in the night – breakfast at 10 ½ - afterwards sat downstairs partly talking and partly writing 3 pages and one end to M- went out at 2 35 and walked in the garden with Charlotte and Mrs Milne near an hour - dressed - dinner at 4 10 - coffee - tea - came to my room at 11 ¼ - an attention to Mrs Milne that she but probably none else remarks only saw her alone for a moment this morning said I was glad to see her are you really said she adding that she did not know whether I was or not I was so formal said I dared not be otherwise for consistency and propriety’s sake tonight for the last half hour Mrs N- had left and I sat talking to Charlotte and Mrs Milne a sort of running fight against her for always abusing me mentioned her telling π- of my levity in conversation (when I told the De Boive [Boyve] stories) and what a lecture π- had given me Mrs M- would have it π- told me everything I said I only wished she Mrs M- could succeed in persuading me so I once believed it but did not now only wished to do so but was now desabuse on that subject I had after tea hinted when asked about meeting π- in York that she would not care about meeting me yet said I could not exist without her letters tho’ I could and did without herself I told them in the minster court that π- would fret heartily if anything happened to δ- she had been too long used to his teazing to do without it I knew that she now preferred the things that be to those that might be they will all think something the matter between us just as well they should and that my being off should not come up on them quite unawares finish day particularly afternoon – F63° now at 11 50 p.m. – civil letter from my landlord (Paris) this morning

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tragedyfetishist · 2 years

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Gay people don’t need to be nice they need to be insane.

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babysackville · 4 years

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Saturday 30th October 1824

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At 9 40/60 sat down and wrote out the translation for the Italian into French made yesterday – at about 10 ½ Mrs Barlow came and brought her work and sat with me all the morning till called away by some callers at 3 ½ - breakfasted at 11 – Madame Galvani came at 12 ½ - very unwell too much so to give Young de Boyve a lesson and therefore sat here all the while till 3 when it was time to tell her Greek pupil she would give him no lesson today but must go to bed – shewed her my translation and spent the rest of the time in conversation as far as her suffering from toothache &c &c could permit – Mrs Barlow is returned having been absent about three or four minutes. Flirting as usual nothing new said or done but Mrs Barlow wondered how she suffered me to say what I did. She could not listen to such things from a gentleman, but she felt towards me as to any other friend &c &c. I said a gentleman might laugh and joke in the same manner, yes said she, but no man would to the woman he was really in love with, he would respect her too much. I said she was right but said it was safest for me to go on this way, I could be more serious and suit her better. She was romantic and I would be so too, but then I should become more and more attached, she could not return it, and would be madness on my part. I can not help she wishes me to be more serious. –

Mrs Barlow left me at 5 10/60 sat down to dine at 5 ¾ - after sitting down stairs – played 2 rounds at whist with Miss Harvey against Mme Carbonine and Mme de Boyve, lost the 1st of 7 [fish] and won the 2d of 8 [fish]- consequently won one [fish] i.e. five sols then sat next and chiefly talked to Mrs Barlow tho made the conversation general and all came away together at 11 ¼ - Sat 20 minutes with Mrs Barlow in her room and came to my own room at 11 35/60 – rainy morning till about 2 – afterwards fine – letter this morning from Miss MacLean (Tobermory) which left this Thursday the 21st inst. [instante mense] 2 ppages 1st page crossed and 1 page of envelope – Kind and affectation – it seems Mrs [Scrivey] is very unwell page 1 of the crossing my friend hinted at her wish to have my picture – Breadalbane thinks highly of me – Miss V- did nothing but praise me – Mme de Boyve gave me tonight some French verse she had written out for me, very kind ones – F62. at 1 20/60 pm

Mrs Barlow told me just before leaving I should never be without some fancy. I said when I saw her next I should have got over this and might introduce some friend to her, but said I, you will suspect…. No said she, I will forget all this, but again she said if you tell me you are very happy, shall understand. I said I wished and thought she would, if she did, she would be right if not, I should think she had refused for a scruple what might have made her happy.

She said she should not marry, it was too late. I certainly think she would like me to be more serious E.. O. –

Left margin: Sir Charles Stuart [de Rothesay] our Ambassador here recalled he would rather remain

(Diary reference: SH7MLE80067)

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unworthingtons · 5 years

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Stop ignoring that Warren was a wild child, who constantly broke his bones and loved birds, and was loved deeply by both of his parents

#personal.#STOP MAKING HIM A SOFT BOYV

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rapgodaugustd · 5 years

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aelaer · 3 years

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Another random wip update

Talking about it helps me keep on track, I think.

For The Blood in Your Veins, the doc itself has surpassed 60k but I think 10k of that is just notes and outlines and stuff, so the fic itself is probably at 50k. I have 13 chapters beta-read, and I just finished the first draft of Chapter 14, which I’ll be rereading in a couple days before sending off to get checked. Chapter 15 has maybe a third to a fourth of it written with the rest outlined, and Chapters 16-18 are outlined. But most importantly I think I got all the little threads that started all figured out and all plot points covered, so it’s more about just writing it all at this point. It’ll likely end at 19 or 20, depending on how long the denouement is.

I wanted to do a prompt a month to just get the small prompts out of my inbox, but I’ve been so focused on this story that I totally forgot about the prompts. However, I’m almost done with one of them so I’ll probably be able to divert some time before the end of the month to finish it and post it on tumblr. I don’t see the prompt stories going up on AO3 until after BOYV is done - gives me some content to post while I’m writing my *other* large fics.

I hope to have a prompt a month for the next 5-6 months which will help keep me content-active while I write the finale of the Earth-197320 series. I’m not sure if I’ll be writing that concurrently with the fic I’m currently calling “Carmen Sandiego” or not. Both are going to be ridiculously large stories, I can see it now, but if I can somehow keep up a pace of 20k words a month I could put a serious dent into both stories. I just have no idea how long this writing phase is gonna last.

But I *really* want to tell both of these stories, so--fingers crossed that my muses keep cooperating and working as well these next five months as they’ve done the previous five months! I’m trying to make up for my dry spell in 2020 xD

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awhilesince · 3 years

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Monday, 13 September 1824

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Breakfast at 9 – Mrs Mackenzie came and sat with me 1/2 hour she is in doubt whether to stay here or not seemed to ask my advice and be inclined to stay if her father is pretty well I would not speak decidedly but was evidently in favour of her staying she has had much unhappiness married against her choice from convenience a man thirty years older than herself who made her unhappy tho she always tried to do her duty her daughter cleverer than she is and rather the upper hand it seems Mrs Mackenzies being so communicative struck me – Mrs Mackenzie gave me a ticket given to her by Mr Brande that will always admit me to the Jardin des Plantes – Miss Mackenzie, too, came in and sat with me a few minutes –

on this account, it was 12 before I had read over my 3 letters finished last night, and had no time to make any extract from them – they must be in the general post office Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau before 2, or could not be taken in today, and then there being no English post tomorrow, must have waited till Wednesday my letter to my aunt (begun on Wednesday, 3 pages, the ends, and under the turn-down) giving an account of my journey, my being very comfortable here, of Madame de B–‘s (Boyve’s) being handsome – of our sitting in the Tuileries gardens, and of the Champs Elysées, and of the fête at St. Germain gave an account of the shawls worn and their prices – excerpt this –

My letter to M– (Mariana) on the same subjects only giving a more regular account, rather journalwise, and adding short answers to M–‘s (Mariana’s) last letter – Merely said on the subject of Mrs Henry Stephen B–‘s (Belcombe’s) management of the going-to-York business, I did not understand it, but she and Steph had my best wishes – Entreated M– (Mariana) not to pother herself about Petergate money matters – Mrs B– (Belcombe) knew what she was, and would take care of the girls – I did not think Dr. B–‘s (Belcombe’s) practice could now be sold for much – he was not likely to be well enough to introduce anyone – but Steph’s name and kinship would serve him – affectionate to π (Mariana) kind about Miss Pattison but much more the former to Miss Maclean very much so to her tho anybody might see it perhaps she herself may muse over a line or two in the first page – Told both my aunt and M– (Mariana) and Miss Maclean of my having Madame Galvani, that she alone was worth coming to Paris for; and all my time – would be taken up in endeavoring to gain the French language –

my letter to Miss Maclean begun at Shibden Wednesday 18 August, resumed and finished yesterday – foolscap sheet 3 pages, long ends, and under the turn-down – very small and short – Treated of my journey being comfortable here, the Tuileries Champs Elysées fête of St. Germain etc etc very briefly – all the rest bavardage amical –

went out at 12 1/4 (took Cordingley with me) direct to the general post-office in the rue Jean Jacques Rousseau – put in my letter to my aunt (Shibden) 22 sols. and to ‘Mrs Lawton Lawton hall etc 22 sols. and to ‘Miss Maclean of Coll Tobermory North Britain (Ecosse)’ 28 sols because letters here are paid for according to their weight, and I had sealed this letter and wafered the 2 others – wafers always used here because lighter than sealing wax, and for the same reason the French choose thin writing paper – saw the man who took my letters, and those of the crowd standing round the wire grating of his bureau, weigh each letter in a pair of scales hanging close to him –

from the Post Office walked thro’ the halle au bles, and the church of St. Eustache for Cordingley to see them – then along the rue de Grenelle direct thro’ the palais of the Louvre to the Pont des Arts – crossed the Pont neuf, and returned over the Pont royal thro’ the Tuileries gardens and got home at 2 –

the porter gave me a letter charged only 5 sols (brought by some private conveyance –sent thro’ our ambassador) from Miss Maclean (Tobermory) – Oh! that I had had it before I went out –

on coming upstairs to Mrs Mackenzie to ask what they were going to do, found them going to the Louvre to try to see the exhibition there of the new (modern) pictures – done by living and I believe all French artists; for the King’s death was hourly expected, and all public places would be closed for 6 weeks – his majesty had taken leave of his family, and received extreme unction – the garde du corps to be changed – Monsieur the next King will go to St. Cloud, and there will be no fête there – what a stupid place, says everyone with one accord, will Paris be! Away we went to the Louvre – shut already, sans aucune exception, till further orders – Sauntered in the Tuileries gardens –

Got back at 4 – read my letter from Miss Maclean – very kind and affectionate – I know not any of her letters that has given me more pleasure – perhaps the receiving it here, might add to my delight – I shall keep and read it by way of stimulus for see the end of the crossing Breadalbane thought me ‘almost quite handsome at Esholt’ and Miss Maclean evidently likes and admires me visited by an old admirer ‘you once said you thought I would have been happier in the married state no no you are mistaken unless with a mind and he art like your own the married state would have been misery to me far happier as I am ‘ – see the bottom of page one – and the last end for the following after desiring continuation of the extracts from my journal ‘you know not how I was tormented at home about you Miss Bs (Belcombe’s) manner of speaking half did this she only poor soul jested but very little difference of manner in you would have made me dislike you at that time I believe it was mostly occasioned by a little tincture of jealousy at home’..... thought I to myself this lets me into much the Belcombes are no advantage to me I now really dislike Anne not tho on her own hearts account for she is good but for the disagreeableness of her manners I would not for worlds be thought a friend of her poor soul she too was jealous I guess the style in which she would mention me – Breadalbane by thinking me almost handsome at Esholt has perhaps got over her prejudices and and I may conciliate her perhaps entirely with a little care – she must have some idea of Miss Macls (Maclean’s) partiality for on the arrival of my letter she threw it into the room with ‘there be happy’ see the first page at the bottom of the second is the more than permission to write Sibbella Mrs Grieves would have been most happy to see me –

Miss Maclean inclosed me a letter from her niece Miss Hobart – I should fancy her a nice good hearted fashionable girl the superior cleverness I have somehow expected would not strike one from her letter she is in first rate nobility society evidently – I am to burn the letter at the end of the envelope is the following ‘I certainly do spend a good deal on dress but if I had all to buy I think I could manage very well surely a single woman can live very comfortably on nine hundred a year which I under stand I have at my disposal uncle Sullivan told me before I went to Paris as worth eighteen thousand pounds and rather more’ –

At the 4th page of Miss Hobart’s letter (dated ‘13th’ August)

‘Now as to your dear picture, your friend whose name I forgot is perfectly welcome to it now, I will with pleasure lend it for a short time, but you may tell her she is much more welcome now than at the horrible time you mention, for if I survive you, I shall not then spare it.’ –

Reading and musing over my letter till near 5, then came the Irish girl and another young person from Madame Romatier to try on my new gown – not only my stays, but my petticoats ill made (true enough) – French stays would cost 30 francs and upwards – such calico as my petticoats are made of, so strong and good, not to be got in Paris – the best I could get would be thinner and finer 5 francs an aune an aune wide tho’ this of mine was 1/3 in England this and 1/2 wide – it would take 3 or 4 aunes for a petticoat; and the making (at Madame R–‘s (Romatier’s)) would be 5 francs –

Dinner at 6 – A Mr Moore who would speak nothing but desperately bad French all the while made his debut at table – to stay for how long, I know not – does not dance now in England – does not like the present style of dancing in England except at Almacks – rather a would-be-prig – nothing great, methinks, ab origine and at home – Madame de B– (Boyve) would teach me Ecarté, and after a game or 2, set me down to play with Mr Moore (not for money) and I played with him (the better of the 2 I think) for surely about an hour –

In the evening had Monsieur Bellevue; a Swiss count, a handsome young man; Monsieur Denappe, and Monsieur St. Auban – after playing at finding out words and talking to 1 or other (have not sat next Madame de B– (Boyve) these 3 or 4 nights)

came up to bed (leaving the party) at 11 35/60 making memoranda of my accounts – read and mused over Miss Maclean’s letter – all much kept me up so late – Very fine day – the sun out – very warm – Fahrenheit 69° at 12 3/4 – [E two dots O two dots, marking discharge from venereal complaint] –

reference number: SH:7/ML/E/8/0042, SH:7/ML/E/8/0043

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STOPV SAYINGV I AMV STINKYV DUMMYV BOYV

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veryfineday · 3 years

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Wednesday 6 April 1825

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sat down at my writing desK at 10 40/60 – Reading this morning’s morning Post and did not send the breakfast things away till 12 – went out at 12 3/4 – walKed to the general P.O.[Post Office] Lombard Street – at the ‘returned letter office’ got M-’s[Mariana’s] letter dated ‘yorK Sunday 6 February’ last, not forward because the inland postage not paid – I ought to have taKen one of M-’s[Mariana’s] letters with me to identify the handwriting – this would have saved the man’s opening the letter, and seeing the signature and date (6th of which he had asKed me) before he would give it me –

walKed forward to Gracechurch – there, at 1 3/4, got into the Edmonton stage (2/.[shilling] fare) and, by giving the man an additional bid, he set me down at Bury hall about 3 10/60 – Inquired for Mrs. HancocK – She came to me in the breakfast room – said I understood she was parting with 1 of her servants (thought of Molières Monsieur Porceauguac, and the man who so got all out of him that suited his purpose) – Yes! said she, my housemaid – this lucKily gave me my queue – and my ruse answered so well, and the lady was so communicative on the subject I sat with her near 1/2 hour –

admired the house – she said it was rather a celebrated place – Judge Bradshaw (Oliver Cromwells judge B-[Bradshaw]) had lived there – asKed therefore to see the place – she shewed me the dining and drawing rooms (declined going upstairs) and the garden, and little grounds, and a field that lay behind, opposite to this front of the house, which she said was very convenient – they had ten acres of ground altogether – the gardens ‘Kept 2 men empolyed constant’ –

In size and general appearance mrs. H-[Hancock] is not unliKe mrs. middleton, but more vulgar – bears a strong motherly liKeness to her oldest son, with the exception of having a dusKy greasy complexion – She might have been a busy houseKeeper, just called off from her various employments, tho’ with the difference of shewing all the mistressship of a rich, well-satisfied trademan’s wife – yet she seemed a very good sort of, worthy woman, telling me (‘as I had been so Kind as go over’) not only all about the housemaid, a vulgar girl of 23, but of all her household economy – I said it was unnecessary to speaK to the girl at all – but mrs. H-[Hancock] would have me do so; for it should create jealousy that she had not given her a good character – of course, I said how handsomely her mistress had spoKen of her, but it was unnecessary to asK further questions, since the girl wished to have a place in London – (I was mrs. Fisher from the borders of Durham) –

Having thus been at least 1/2 hour there, and having had time to observe and looK about me leisurely, ‘the footman’ in his linen jacKet, and gray-white apron shewed a near way across the fields (perhaps nearer by about 1/4 mile) to the village of Edmonton (B-[Bury] hall is at lower Edmonton) I hastened to the Bell Inn at the farther extremity of the place, got there at 4 1/4, and in just 5 minutes was off in a very good chaise (exgentlemans carriage) with good horses and driver, desiring the man to go as fast as he could – It was 10 miles they said from there to no.220 Piccadilly – (By the way, in being shewn into the drawing room at B-[Bury] hall, introduced as mrs. Fisher, 2 misses H-[Hancock] and an old lady above 70, said by mrs. H-[Hancock] to be ‘a great friend of the princess Elizabeth’ and an old friend of mrs. H-’s[Hancock’s], were sitting in a line on one side of the room in prim company order – one of the misses H-[Hancock] seemed a very pretty girl) –

[margin: § in the copy of my letter to Mrs B[arlow] of Saturday nine of this month is a long account of this visit at Bury hall – ]

my post-boy drove so well, that I stopt 5 minutes at the Saracen’s head snow hill to inquire about places for Leeds – the RocKingham leaves there everyday at 2, and gets into to Leeds about the same hour the next day – inside places 3 1/2 guineas each – extra luggage above the 20 lbs. allowed charged 2 d.[pence] a lb. – It is the union, that goes every morning at 7, from the Blue boar, Holborn – I stopt also at webbe’s 220 Piccadilly to wash my hands, and after all got out at mrs. macKenzie’s to dinner (31 Sloane Street) at 5 3/4, so that allowing 10 minutes for stoppages, the man had driven me 1 1/4 hour –

Dinner at 6 – talKed over Place Vendome – they did not liKe Mr. FranKs – he abused everybody – people they did not suspect he would – he did not liKe madame Galvani – said she abused everyone – § said Mrs B[arlow] was a nasty woman had a bad countenance he saw what he did not like in her eye Mrs MacK[enzie] could not understand him but now I had explained it he must mean the same sort of thing as madame de Boyve for I had said she had told me things affecting Mrs Bs[Barlow’s] character which I should never repeat having given my honour not to do so but I had some reason for thinking Mr Franks knew the same story which I believed to be most unjust and false but every character might be unsafe at madame de Bs[Boyve’s] Mr F[ranks] had not abused me but said I was clever and agreeable – The mcK-s[MacKenzies] had observed mr. F-[Franks] had no name of the maKer in his hat – they suspected him to be son of FranKs the hatter in London; for he had an estate near CorK –

In the evening mrs. mcK-[MacKenzie] played over the music (by von weber) of ‘Der Freischütz, a romantic opera, in 3 acts, by george Soane, B.A.’ – all the world was talKing of it – I ought to stay to see it at Drury lane – the music beautiful – something quite new in music – quite original – I staid till 10 40/60, then got into a hacKney coach, and got home (upstairs) at 11 – Mrs Collins Mrs MacKs[MacKenzie’s] maid called the coach and I gave her a shilling as she let me out which she took and thanked me but seeming to think the thing only right I dont think her better than she should be at least she did not seem so at Place Vendome –

Read my letter from M-[Mariana] that I got at the general P.O.[Post Office] this morning – 3 pp.[pages] and the ends, and 4 lines of crossing – all at logger heads in Petergate and the minster yard that is the old and young Belcombe parties π [Mariana] speaks of a slight return of her complaint and asks how I have been treated – Very fine day –

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oeillade · 3 years

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Anne talks up Miss Maclean to Mariana: ‘Her mind is as pure and elegant as herself — I think I shall go to Quinish next summer — Do not name her at all as a friend of mine to Mrs. Milne — One single quiz or joke about Miss Maclean I could not endure — About a hundred others I care not a straw; but in this case, you know it is undeserved by both parties.’ And Anne works on her posture with the blasted stick.

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Gave Hotspur oatmeal and water — At breakfast at 10 1/4 — Came upstairs at 11 — wrote and then copied 2 1/2 hurried pages to Miss Vallance in answer to the ends of Isabella Norcliffe’s letter (vide line 19 of the last page) — excused myself from going to her friends’ at Stamford, or to Sittingbourne — ‘If by any contrivance, you can spend a few hours with me on that road where I shall have no strangers to encounter, it will delight me; if not, I am so circumstanced at first, that the pleasure of seeing you now is impracticable’….. Have written exactly what I wrote last night and have kept a copy as I always do of what I write to Miss Vallance — At 12 1/2 sent down my letter (Miss Vallance, Mr. Fisher’s, Petergate, York) for the post office — Mrs. Saltmarshe Rawson of Stony Royde and her daughters then called and stayed near 1/2 hour — Came upstairs again at 1 1/4 —Wrote and copied and folded and directed 1 1/4 page to Madame de Boyve — thanking her for her letter (mentioning how long it had been on the road) saying I should take a woman servant with me, still hoped to be with Madame de Boyve 1st September probably in the evening, and concluded with ‘the possibility of your being at all acquainted with anyone in Yorkshire to whom I have the pleasure of being known, never once occurred to me — the circumstance you are good enough to mention, sets me quite at ease; and I have only to hope that the person, by whose good opinion I am so much flattered, had made you run no risk of being more disappointed than I should feel comfortable to discover — I am, Madam, then obliged —' At 3 1/2 took up Mariana’s letter to read and to answer — wrote her 3 pages very small and close — the 1st 1 1/2 page about our journey — then turn to other subjects — praise Mariana’s letter to Mrs. Henry Stephen Belcombe on Steph’s settling in York — mention having excused myself from meeting Miss Vallance at her friends’ at Stamford, and from going with her to Sittingbourne — made the following mention at the foot of page 3 of Miss Maclean 2 sheets in a frank from Miss Maclean you would be delighted with them — she writes so naturally, so simply, so interestingly — Her mind is as pure and elegant as herself — I think I shall go to Quinish next summer — Do not name her at all as a friend of mine to Mrs. Milne — One single quiz or joke about Miss Maclean I could not endure — About a hundred others I care not a straw; but in this case, you know it is undeserved by both parties — I wish you knew her better — but ‘avec le temps tout s’arrange’ — I hope we shall all 4 meet some of ‘these days, most happily’ — At Dinner at 6 35/60 — my aunt and Marian drank tea here and stayed till 8 — Went into the garden at 8 1/2 — ate gooseberries 1/4 hour, walked in the terrace about 1/2 hour — coffee at 9 1/4 — my aunt again very poorly this afternoon and evening in her bowels — tho’ certainly not so bad as yesterday evening — sent to desire Mr. Sunderland to come this afternoon — but he is from home and may not return of some days — Rain in the morning till between 9 and 10 — then cleared and turned out a fine day — very fine moonlight evening — Barometer 1 1/2 degree below changeable Fahrenheit 59 1/2° at 10 1/2 p.m. at which hour came up to bed —Sat up reading the 23 last pages of no. 2 Zoological Journal — Held the stick ten minutes

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1828 Apr., Sun. 27

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A cross thinking of 𝜋 [Mariana], in fact for an excuse to myself for lying in bed.

Note to Mr. Briggs sending back

“the cashbook and 1 of the new plans of the collieries, having seen Mr. Washington, who says, it will be no great trouble to call for the plan left here, and fill it up when he does the other – I have asked him to make a plan of Yew Trees Wood – Mr. and Mrs. Scathcerd came here on Thursday; and we agreed about the house and land – Rent 80 guineas a year – Lease for 8 years – To enter to the house at May day, and to the land from Candlemas last – I saw Greenwood yesterday, and begged him to see you, and got to know what he thought he ought to have, as soon as possible – Mr. Scatcherd will see to the repairs, allowing him 14 months rent – I will send you the quantities of land belonging to the different farms, some other time” dated “Saturday evening 26 April 1828” –

Then wrote the following to Mr. Parker –

“I cannot help thinking that, as my aunt is only entitled to the rents, and profits etc. arising from the premises in Northgate, the necessity of her signing the deeds might be prevented by my giving a bond of indemnity against any claims she could make – Will you give this a thought – I should like to have the trees at Northgate reserved (should you see Mr. Scatcherd, will you have the goodness to name this); for, on looking them over after seeing you yesterday, I found several dead, or dying, at the tops; and in this case, it may be advisable to take them down” – Dated this Sunday morning 27 April 1828 –

Breakfast at 9 20/60 – Sent off my 2 notes – Walked to church with my father – The curate read prayers the vicar preached 38 minutes from Numbers xxxiii 10 Let me die the death of the righteous and let my last end be like his –

In returning from church walked down the Godley road to look at my new wall along the upper field I bought there – Got home at 2 1/2 – On coming upstairs found a letter from Mrs. Barlow (Paris) 3 pages, the ends, under the seal, and the first page crossed. All very small and close – A great deal about and against Mad[ame] de R[osny]

“I have no objection to her acquaintance in a moderate degree, but anything beyond that appears like a prostration of all judgment propriety and credit to ones self. I always comfort myself with the hope that Mrs. L [Lawton] would think like me”

She seems to have said a great deal, very foolishly to Mrs. B[arlow]. How odd I was when I had been about a month with her, she began to suspect I was the person talked of at Mrs. de Boyves. She would not have recieved me had she known it.

“However, she afterwards reconciled herself with the thought that Madame B was her guarantee. At other times she thought the world might suppose she had someone in disguise living with her. Everything I told you respecting herself she has told me again” –

She said I was so struck with her the first time of seeing her, I had ever after “languished to spend a few months with her” – Mrs. B[arlow] says “she is a deep turn penny” – Not very deep I think or she would play her cards better –

Madame de R– [Rosny] got Madame de la Bacheliere Lady Vavasour and Miss Bennet to solicit Mrs. Wainewright’s forgiveness, and gave a ball, and had them all – Mrs. B– [Barlow] to be in England the end of next month –

My aunt seems to have been worse in her limbs but now better again – Still uncertain whether we can have Dr. Tupper’s apartment – Madame de la Bachelerie of bad character – Her sister Madame de St. Marceaux still worse – Affectionate letter ending under the seal “I fear you never wish your poor little one at your side, but be happy and I shall be so” –

From between 3 1/2 to 6 wrote 3 pages (smallish and close) to Mrs. B– [Barlow] Annoyed at all this about Mrs. de R[osny], but very cool and calm about it. It seems Mrs. de R[osny] had not meant me to tell Mrs. B[arlow] she had written to me. She blushed and seemed confused at receiving a message from Mrs. B[arlow]. Thanks me for telling her. After all, she is jealous and Mrs. de R[osny] little thinks what mischief she is making.

At first I thought we had better live with Mrs. B[arlow]. At once, let us leave Paris, go to London. Or go to Lyndhurst 9 miles from Southampton where Mrs. Thestertherayte has taken a cottage for a year – Think I should like to leave Paris

Dinner at 6 20/60 – Afterwards wrote the last 22 lines – The oldest Miss Amyot to marry Monsieur Frederic Long du Plau – Madame de B– [Boyve] at Mrs. B– [Barlow]’s almost every evening. Tired to death of her –

Came to my room at 10 8/60 – Fine day – Windyish now at 10 1/2 p.m. –

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