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Wrote Sophy & sorted papers etc. National Anthem played Casino. Clap’d ours. At 3.30 to Source, met E. & read, English clergyman talked to me. Had (blank) at Pavilion 1.25. Smart lady! always in new garments (Page pinned in) Friday 14 July. At Casino band played National Anthem & great astonishment E. & I stood up, E. uncovered whilst ours was played & they clap’d ours after. Noticed in the gardens after many people took off their hats & some women stood up when their National Anthem was played. They had not done this in the morg. “Imitation etc” but I like to see it done. Walked after to golf club. E. played one round. New arm chairs there. Walked back alone & we sat in Hotel after dinner. (page pinned in) Irish man enquiring of a horse he was looking at “Can he lep” (Leap, jump) “Sur yer honor, he’s an infallible & indelible leper” Mr (blank) “The last wolf killed in England was killed here (here being County Cork). This said to Lennie. Ld Cowdray & Lennie “I see you have some of my father-in-law’s drawings”. Ld. C. “Oh! ’ave I”.

Saturday 15 July Nicolas Bosanquet engaged! Wonder what on?! Slept fairly well. Feel achey in bath & rather seedy. Le Docteur Bouloumié came early, gave me some drops to take for digestion. Had cafe au lait in my room after getting medicine chemist, 1 frc medicine. Late in to lunch. Belgian family moved to window. Smart lady’s companion still scowls. Coffee at Casino 5 cents & rested. (Page pinned in) Saty 15 July. fr 1.30 until 3 o’c. Vy hot in my room. Letters fr. dear Roy & Maudie, so glad to get them, & one fr. Mr Richardson reassuring me about money, I afraid getting short. Bought 12 post cards 50 cents. Had chocolate instead of tea at Pavilion with Edgar who had tea. Paid E. for 2 days expenses up till tonight. 2 coffees 1 frc, 2 teas 2.50, postcards 50. Very smart new arrivals, 2 pretty girls & young man both girls with exquisite pearls!!! Had cafe au lait at 10 o’c in my room. Medicine 1 fr.

Sunday 16 July Chocolate in my room 10 o’c. Dull morg. Much cooler. Feel better & slept late. Walked morg. with E. between taking water, saw 2 riders & stables. Many new people. My room not done until 3.30. Sat with Edgar at 3.30 between drinks! Great crowd in colonnade. Tottie No.2 & her own special op. us! Wrote Lady Alexander, Roy, Toula, Edie & cards to Ld Rowallan (Cameron Corbet) & McLaren now Lady Aberconway on new honour. 2 frcs 30 stamps. Walked with E. after tea & chocolate Pavilion. E. & self walked after dinner & looked at rooms Etablissement. Letter fr. Maudie.

Monday 17 July Lovely day. Walked after lunch & before lunch. To Casino with E. wish the dear w’d not worry so about waiter, it gets on his & my nerves & is not worth it. Packed again until 3, dressed & met E. on way to Source, drank our water & went & saw battle of flowers, rather fun, & to Golf Club after. French lady there. E. played a round & I walked back alone & tried to get glasses, unable. Left note Dr Bouloumié. E. v. late. I lunched alone & vy late dinner. (Page pinned in) Monday July 17. E. dreadfully worried all thro’ dinner by waiter. A little difficult as the man means well & gets stupid & nervous & loses his head. Changed 2 pounds English money. Dr Bouloumié 80 frc. Vy tired, to bed 9 o’c.

Tuesday 18 July 3 weeks. Edgar & I leave Vittel by the 2.45 for Paris & sleep the night at Buffet Hotel Gare du Nord. Saw Docteur Bouloumié at 7.30 AM. Paid him 80 frcs. Vy dear! Paid Hotel bill 113 frcs 60 cents. Pd fees 5 frcs maid, 4 lift man, 3 frcs waiter étage, 3 frcs man. Pay Edgar tomorrow rest. To Source 8 o’c & Administration about expediting Vittel water London. Had café complet in my room 10 o’c. Lunched 11.45 with Edgar & Casino after for an hour. (Page pinned in) Tuesday 18th July. All ready easily & comfortably. Great crowd at Station but not over full train, carriage to ourselves. Vy hot but lucky being alone. Good dinner on train, arrived Paris 9 o’c about. Vy comfortable room Buffet Hotel. Vittel water in my room so thirsty. E. off to have coffee at restaurant Vis-a-vis. Self to bed. V. comfortable journey & no sense of hurry.

Wednesday 19 July Up ¼ to 7. Buffet Hotel Paris. Bad night, vy hot, vy noisy, dressed by 8 & all ready. Coffee & rolls in my room, gave waiter & maid one fr. each. Sat by window watching crowds of people going along broad streets & boulevard facing my window. Off by 9.50 train, v. crowded, for Calais. 3 Spaniards in our compartment. Had fair lunch in Restaurant Car. Lovely day, vy hot. Got to Calais 1.10 (Page pinned in) Wed. 19th July. Vy good place on boat, dear Edgar most kind & thoughtful. Our 3 Spaniards followed us into our comp’t. Vy tiresome & talked & laughed loudly & seemed to occupy Lavatory freely. E. vy amused. No trouble at C.X. E. put me & my luggage into a taxi & he went in another to Half Moon St & came down later to see me & take away his box & linen. Found all nice & bright at home, lovely flowers, but Roy had gone to meet the later train, E. having made mistake taking earlier train. Roy dined with me & Edie came to see me, & tried over some music. Vy tired to bed 10 o’c. Very lonely without my Dearest.

Thursday 20 July 12 bottles Vittel for Emma & self arrived this evg fr. A.N. Stores 8/3. Slept badly, v. hot. Rested & saw Emma in my bedroom, so sorry she has not been well & looks pale & complains of pain in her hip, gout. Ordered 12 bottles Stores of Vittel water for her & self, came this evg. Marie unpacked for me. Mary took back Miss Bastard’s music book. Wrote Mr Lehmann & ret’d proof about dearest for National Biography, not good enough. Wrote all afternoon in my room. (Page pinned in) Thurs 20th July. After tea shop’d Barkers c’d get nothing. Edie came to dinner brought lovely flowers fr.darling Maud, at Balcombe, chicks & Maudie v. well, so thankful. Roy dined with (blank) dressed at club. Edie left 9.45, was amusing at dinner.

Friday 21 July Better night, another glorious day, over 5 weeks exquisite weather. Tried to get on to Balcombe. Kept me an hour wasting time. Out 11.20 bought silk shirt Derry Toms & pd 19s/11 for it. Pd Smith & Larke 5/- ,Mudie 5/9, cotton gloves 1/6 ½, satin buttons 1/9 ordered for Roy who dined with me alone. Edgar at telephone 8 o’c he returns home to Ravendale tomorrow, the dear wished to see me off at Victoria first, so unselfish of him, alas his train goes first. Marie & self packed all afternoon, no end to do. (Page pinned in) Friday 21st July. Silk blouses sent to try fr. Harrods, none fitted. Emma looking pale. Have had 12 bottles Vittel for her & self fr. Stores 8/3. Hope it will do her good. V. v. hot, 82 in my bedroom.

Saturday 22 July 84 in my bedroom! Perhaps go to Mrs Evans. D.V. Go by Granville 3.20 to Mrs Evans Ramsgate. Glorious morg, slept better, finished work & packing by Marie. Intensely hot. Marie to Vic Sta. with me, v. crowded train. Had 3 Americans or Canadians with me in carriage. Fare £1.1.7, cab 2/6, porter 1/-, fly 2/-, paper 1d. Found Mrs E. not looking so well. Lovely air at Ramsgate. Sat out before & after dinner. Letter fr. Maud awaiting me there.

Sunday 23 July Good night in my pretty room. Glorious morg & view of sea. Wire fr. Roy coming tomorrow instead of today, glad as I feel achey in my back. Mrs Evans to church in fly with Lady Hunt. Wrote sitting out in alcove facing lawn (now dried with sun) all morg, lovely, & rested after lunch. Mrs du Maurier to tea, looks wonderfully well. Trixie staying with her, been ill & in bath chair. Walked after & saw Cuthbert Burnand & Winnie. C. vy lively. Quiet little evg. Sat out.

Monday 24 July Lovely morg. Dull later. Up early, but breakfast in bed. Dressed 9.30 & sat out working. Young woman & pretty children fr. Lady Hunt came to see Mrs Evans. Started in tram at 11 for Broadstairs Sta. Met Roy & by tram on to St Peters. Visited our Dearest’s grave together, not as beautiful as I could wish. Our parents’ grave lovely, red geraniums & 2 blue lobelia lines round. Bought plant & placed it. Walked after to Sta. Took tram to sea where Roy bathed & we lunched after at Grand Hotel, bad lunch 10/6. (Page pinned in) Monday 24th July. Sat in Hotel grounds whilst Roy smoked his cigar & then took fly after listening to vy good band & drove for an hour to dear Westwood & got out & looked up drive, it looked v. nice. Many of the fine old trees cut down opening up lawn & some patchy flower beds about, but it looked well kept. The nut walks & back drive all looking more contrasted by trees being so large now. The barn & cottage yard seems converted into farm yard, a number of pig stys & cows & a dark brown pony or cob was being led into yard as we got into our fly. Could find no one at cottage when we knocked. All trees immensely grown & kitchen garden looked v. nice but the lanes & drive so different to dear Father & Mother’s time. Saw Roy off by the 5.7 fr. Broadstairs Station & returned to Mrs Evans by tram. Very tired. Dressed, dined & sat out until ¼ to 10 listening to band, an excellent one. V. peaceful & quiet. Fare 5d lunch 10/6, fly 3/6, paper & woman 3d, plant 9d. Total 15/6.

Tuesday 25 July Lovely day, rained in night, first rain for 26 days. Went into Ramsgate shop’g for Mrs E. bought her plant 6d, stamps 6d & met no one I knew. Worked on return in Mrs E’s little workroom with her, she does not seem at all well. Rested after lunch, fête at college, did not go. Both preferred being here. Sat out after, dined, again sat out until 10 o’c, & bed. Letter fr. darling Maud & Emma. Roy with Maud today for Goodwood & sleeps there.

Wednesday 26 July Lady Burnand called so sorry we missed her. Letter fr. dear Roy. Dull morg, fine later & lovely day. Wrote morg. to Mr Smith enclosing cheque £1.11.6 for my will. At 11 to dear St Peters got there ¼ to 12, so happy there. Tidied & removed all dead blooms, am not satisfied with flowers Overton’s arrangement. Saw Mrs Locke about wreath, only just back in time for lunch. Mrs Hammond here. Rested after lunch & 4 o’c to Mrs Hammond. Mrs Evans fetched me & we went to Lady Hunt’s for tea. Lady Scott her husband’s sis. there, nice woman, & Mr & Mrs Bertram. Went & listened to band after dinner, met Sir Francis Burnand.

Thursday 27 July Lovely day but v. v. hot. In all morg. felt side a good deal. At 3 o’c with Mrs Evans, Lady Hunt & Lady Scott in fly to Flower Show in the Public Gardens Ramsgate, far better arranged than last year & flowers all beautiful. Met Weigals, Burnands, Bevans & Mrs Murray Smith & pretty niece who had wintered in Cairo. Felt v. sad & hate going about but must make effort not to be selfish, w’d infinitely rather be quiet alone. Sat out all evg with Mrs E, perfectly lovely.

Friday 28 July Slept only after 1.30, so hot. To St Peters 10.30. Not at all pleased with our flowers there. Remained some time, removed faded flowers. Saw Mrs Locke about wreath. Saw Mrs Overton told her about flowers. At 4.30 Spencer came to my astonishment, sleeping at Margate, w’d not remain, but comes tomorrow morg. Mrs Hammond with us in fly to Mrs Murray Smith’s garden party, lovely garden. Met a Mrs Heine (nee Rose dau. of Col. Rose) Col of Sp’s Militia Regt years ago, said what a “Heart of Gold” my dearest had & never met any man so universally beloved, so true, & his ready wit & great talent, delighted to meet her. Also met Mrs Nooth, Eilie, etc. Leter fr. my darling evg. Thunderstorm & rain evening!

Saturday 29 July Lovely day v. hot & sultry in spite of wind. In all morg. Mrs Paris’s party & chairs & tables etc being arranged facing lawn in shade. Walked & wrote to Mr Richardson about investments, selecting Rio Trams & Gt Northern U.S.A, wonder if wisely. No one to give advice. Rested & ready by ¼ to 4 to go to Miss Stancombe Wells by train. Met Lady Strachey there, had tea on lawn, quite cool there, enjoyed it. Returned rather late for Mrs P’s party. Mrs du Maurier, Hammond, Hunt, Thompson etc there. Violent thunderstorm & rush for house. Played poker patience with Lady Hunt & Heines. Rested on sofa after dinner. Vy tired & side uncomfortable.

Sunday 30 July Lovely early. Slept well but side achey, fear kidney drop’t v. low right side. Quiet morg. Mrs E. to church & I wrote in my pretty bedroom. Packed book for Maud to publisher to have her “Initials” put on it. Lunch. Rest & by tram to Mrs Nooth’s tea 4.30, large party there young people, 3 young Nooths, Christie, Bevan, Gladstones etc & I came away with Eilie’s gold chain, held whilst she played tennis. Tram back to Lady Burnand’s, she seemed worried by Ethel leaving home & expense generally, so sorry. Pretty Mrs Hyatt & Trixie Miller came & sat in our garden some time until 7.30! Vy pleased to see Trixie & looking so

young & pretty & amusing as ever. Sat out after supper. Mrs E. quite well again.

Monday 31 July Lovely morg, slept badly. Constant thoughts of my Dearest this time last year. To Broadstairs station, waited an hour expecting Chaplet fr. Clarks Margate, did not come, had to return even without visiting my dearest’s grave. Vy tired, hot & vexed. At ¼ to 4 in fly with Mrs Evans to Broadstairs Sta, still no Chaplet arrived, & on to Mrs Brown’s cottage, late Banks Tomlin! Had tea there, Gen. Brown also, fancy a martinet, tall gentlemanly looking man. Charming cottage house, stable making a beautiful billiard room opening onto vinery full of grapes & a large bow window (Page pinned in) Monday 32 July. opposite & charming little drawing room & a pretty good sized dining room. Stayed 1¼ hrs. To Lackes about chaplet if it arrived & left Eilie’s necklace at Dane Court cottage. I went for a moment to my dearest’s grave, & to Mrs Du Maurier after & saw Trixie there, stayed until 7.30! We sat out all evening. Letter fr. Marie, has decided to go to Clysigne at Berne. Shall miss her very much, & Emma even much worse. Were it not for dear Roy would close the house for a year, but thankful I have him at home. Letters fr. Toula, Roy & Marie.

Tuesday August 1 Lovely day. Cooler breeze, slept better. Wrote Marie morg, & Maud. Lady Burnand came & remained in the work room talking to Mrs E. & self about Ethel until ½ to 2. Unable to finish my letters. Rested & at 4.15 in tram to Mrs Montefiore’s, garden lovely, Mrs Hammond with us. Saw young Nooth, Christie, Mrs Wyatt & mother, Eilie & Capt Gladstone, Martin Thompsons etc. On at 5.30 alone to St Peters, had to walk to Gladstone Rd for tram. Maud’s 2 lovely Chaplets one of Bay & one of Lavender. (Page pinned in) Tuesday 1st August 1911. Mine of Palms & mauve Statice already placed. Re-arranged them & put some pails of water over flowers & one over our dear Parents’ grave. All looked lovely & our own better & fresher fr. my yesterday’s watering. Lovely peaceful spot & the place generally beautifully kept by Mr Richardson’s interest in it. Had to walk fr. St Peters to Broadstairs, going detained 20 minutes by accident to electric top of a car & road blocked in consequence. Not back until 7.30. Pretty Mrs Wyatt to dinner, v. nice & amusing. Joe the cat brought in a poor little dead sparrow in triumph & laid it at Mrs Wyatt’s feet, too funny as she had been petting & playing with him. Very nice letter fr. Emma, so glad to get it, saying she w’d remain to see me settled with maids & that Marie ought to have left in May as she & Mary could

have managed. It w’d have saved me a good deal of expense. Mr Edwin Abbey the great American painter died. Dearest Lin was so fond of him.

Wednesday 2 August D.V. go to Mrs Nooth for a few days. Shall be glad to be near my Dearest tomorrow, not to be gadding about to parties just now, long to be quiet. Lovely morg. Letter fr Mr Richardson about accounts. To Post Office changed £1.0. Also pd Mrs Evans £1.10.0 as I was short of money. Stamps 2/6, maids 4/-, 8/-. Spencer, Ada & Hilda came morg, want me to be their guest Saint Cloud Hotel Ramsgate. To Mrs Martin Thompson’s party, & came back with Mrs Nooth in her Motor & Jeffrey. My box kindly fetched by Mrs Nooth. (Page pinned in) Wed 2nd Aug 1911. Found Dossie Fox & her little stepson here Upton Lodge St Peters Thanet. Dossie in bed sat some time with her. She has a Chinese maid with her. Sat out after dinner. Very pleasant evg.

Thursday 3 August At Upton Lodge, St Peter’s Thanet with Mrs Nooth. Wed last year. Letter fr. Roy. My darling Linley passed away at ¼ to 4 AM a year ago. R.I.P. Slept well woke 6 o’c. Breakfast 9 o’c au lit & sat out morg. After rest 4 o’c tea on lawn & in Motor to St Peter’s, took dear Roy’s lovely flowers & placed them, found Spencer & Ada there & Overton near grave. Spoke to him about flowers. Introduced Sp & Ada to Mrs Nooth & Dossie in Motor & she asked them to come Sunday afternoon. We then went to Ramsgate, left Dossie & on for a lovely drive till 7 o’c thro’ Pegwell, Sandwich, Ash (blank) & Stourbridge & Kingsgate. (Page pinned in) Aug 3rd 1911. Fetched boys from golf links & home. Poor Dossie toothache, looks vy pretty & slight. Not impressed with Jeffrey’s manners, does not rise nor is attentive to his Mother who does so much for her children. Dear letters fr. Eve Bosanquet & Nellie K. Makes me happy to know how universally beloved & respected my Dearest was & is, by all who ever met him. Saw Overton & told him about flowers. (Card inserted: The funeral service for the late Mr Edward Linley Sambourne…..)

Friday 4 August Lovely day. To St Peter’s, walked 11 o’c. Loved it going across field. Sat there nearly hour, watered, weeded, & took away dead flowers. It all looked so lovely. Letters fr. Edgar, my darling, Nellie K. & Eva B. Kind dear letters. Wrote Mrs Abbey. At 4 o’c Sp. & Ada to tea, so glad to see them. Young people to a tennis party. At 6 Mrs Nooth & self for lovely drive until 7.15. Called Dossie. Mrs N. & self talked after, boys always disappear.

Saturday 5 August My darling Maud’s birthday. I return home by 5 o’c train. Walked to St Peter’s morg. across fields & gardened there. Watered both & took off dead blooms. Vy happy hour there, lovely morg. Sat in summer house with Mrs Nooth & Dossie on return until lunch time. Little Amber seedy afraid to go near her for fear of contagion for our chicks. Rested on deck chair on lawn after lunch & had ten minutes sleep. 4.30 tea on lawn & Mrs N took me to Broadstairs station in Motor. Maid 2/6, chauffeur 2/6, Boy 1/-, porters 1/-. Mrs N. saw me off. (Page pinned in) 5th August 1911. Enjoyed my two days visit very much, love being near my dearest. Train cram’d but vy polite people no trouble, & far better mannered than many of the so called upper classes. Much struck with their patience under difficulties carrying babies etc this hot weather. Found lovely flowers & fruit fr. my darling at Staf. Ter. & all looking nice. Had fried sole, stewed plums blanc mange & fruit & read letters, & to bed. Roy with H.F. yachting until Monday night.

Sunday 6 August Lovely morg. Slept well. Rested morg. Roy away Friday night, H.F.’s yacht. Wrote morg. Afternoon Marie & self unpacked & worked! Mary to enquire evening about Mervyn & Ethel, away. To bed early.

Monday 7 August Slept fairly well. Mary out afternoon & evg. Marie & self busy all day, did curtains maids room, packed French books. Another letter fr. maid. Letters fr. Darling M, Toula & Midge. Fitzroy passed well exam. Saw Emma morg. looking much better so glad. Marie & self v. busy all afternoon. Vy hot & close. Roy not back.

Tuesday 8 August V. hot. Mary to Bank, took Robinson div. To Water works false charge! I must write. Emma out for me. Met Mrs Mackenzie, going to live in S. Africa! Fitzroy passed exam, letter fr. him. Did cupboard with Marie pantry thoroughly. Antoinette came vy giggly but looked nice & well. Roy ret’d to dress, dined out.

Wednesday 9 August Man fr. stores about Electric Lt. V. v. hot. Roy off early to see Mr Stern, off to Canada. Self to Hunt cab. So hot, suffocating out of doors. Marie out afternoon & evg. Strike of Dockmen vy serious no meat about or petrole etc. All fault agitators. After tea to Templeton Place. Mervyn out. 2 peaches 1/-. Roy was to have dined at home, telephoned. Great fire at

Carlton Hotel, did not come. Mervyn came in after dinner, full of Parliament Bill. Terrible state politically.

Thursday 10 August Out morg. Saw unlikely girl, Irish. Marie & self went thro’ all the tin boxes. Fear must part with most of my Dearest’s things, clothes. Heartrending work. Marie & self put up new green blind in Roy’s room after. Good days work. To Archer, left Dearest’s photo to be copied. Bought flowers & grapes 1/-, 8d, man 6d. Mervyn & Roy dined here. (Page pinned in.) 10th August 1911. The Parliament Bill passed!!! tonight by 17 majority. Mervyn rampant. Strikes everywhere & food getting scarce & very expensive. Trouble everywhere.

Friday 11 August Cooler morg but hot later. To G.F.S. Went through cupboard in Pantry with Emma & Marie. Awful collection of many years. X. Electrician fr. A.N. Stores. Went thro’ all lights, some defective. Coates doing yard. Tiresome artist called, evidently a begger poor thing.

Saturday 12 August Lovely day, v. hot. Out early. Roy in taxie with his luggage 10 to 10 drop’t me at Barkers. He goes to Balcombe for week end. Douglas & Winifred Walker came to luncheon, engaged. Lucky girl, D. vy unselfish & vy kind, cheerful & capable. Afternoon Marie & self did photos, did one half drawer. Shall miss her vy much in many ways. Bed early. Awful estimate for electric light.

Sunday 13 August Lovely morg. Slept badly, great heat during night. Door & all windows wide open. Roy at Balcombe. After tea Marie came altho’ her afternoon out & helped me for two hours in my dearest’s room looking thro’ photos. Felt bewildered after, so tired.

Monday 14 August Vy hot. Out morg 10 o’c Barkers about electric things. Also about old things fr. cupboard. Thro’ table linen with Marie morg. Through silver with Marie after tea, not good at these things. Geoff Blair & Nellie K. to tea. Roy dined at home, he seems tired. We looked thro’ some of Dearest’s photos together. Mary out.

Tuesday 15 August Marie’s wages £1.1.6 gave her £3.1.6. Vy eventful day. Nash’s men here for leaking pipe fr. My bedroom. Nash’s man for coping which fell fr.

drawing room window & piece back of drawing room also. Barkers man for 3 window sashes spare room, maid’s ditto & dining room. Barkers man for bath tap. Marie left by night mail, roses. Gave her £2. Saw new young housemaid, 16, Emma Childs, 2 yrs char. Roy out to dinner.

Wednesday 16 August Slept badly. Much colder. Sun v. hot. Out morg. Chose grouse 3/6, beans & muscatel grapes, flowers 8d, etc. Man from Barkers who was here yesterday took away morg Kelwyn tap bathroom to be repaired. Electric light man Stanton fr. A.N. Stores about lights. V. expensive, put new fitting for lamp in Maid’s lavatory, ceiling one. Roy dined in on (illeg) Mary worked with me afternoon.

Thursday 17 August Satisfactory character of young housemaid Emma Childs. Cooler. Barkers man here mending another window sashed left hand one in drawing room & rescrewing morg. room window hinges & Roy’s window also. Out morg. Got lavatory paper, gloves, blackberries, beans, soap, blue bell polish, black & white sewing silks, etc, & mahogany stain liquid! Roy dined at home, out directly after. Mary packed with me all afternoon & mended.

Friday 18 August X. Most extraordinary experience at Victoria Station. Intended leaving by 4.30 . Mary to Sta. with me & com. carried down my boxes. At Sta. was told the 4.30 w’d not go, great confusion Strike started amongst railway men. The 5.3 was going. Took ticket for Mary to East Clayden where I also have to change. Luckily met Mr Heyworth Booth who kindly promised to look after my things so got Mary’s ticket money back & we travelled 8 in our comp’t & took over 2 hrs on journey. (Page pinned in) Friday 18th August. Maud met me & to my relief found boxes safe. Sodiers in all signal boxes & on platforms & stations & vy few people travelling. Men looking sullen worn out & tired & my porter told me vy few wished to strike but the weak ones were led away by the union leaders & agitators. Never remember anything like it 20,000 soldiers called out in London, & many in Parks. Saw them & horses passing on way to station. Mary helped me pack & got on splendidly leaving all in order at home. Maudie looking better, & dear chicks all 3 well. Seems strange without Nurse F. but much quieter. Maud, Lennie, Mr Cadogan & Cushla Parker all dining at Nymans, so I went to bed early. Vy glad of rest & quiet after exciting day. Dined in my room. The great Railway Strike organised by Man & Tillet the Trade Union leaders starts today following on dockers’ strike.

Saturday 19 August Balcombe. My darling Roy’s birthday. Mary Monk leaves Monday. Wired to Roy. Gave him £10. Lovely day. Sat out all afternoon rested morg. Lennie to South(illeg) fishing, no success. 3 fish. Cushla staying here. Mr & Mrs Hanson Walker & Dorothea Stansfield to tea. D. taken Stone Hall for the Grants. Lennie X first part of dinner so unpleasant but all right after but these tempers make me dislike coming here.

Sunday 20 August Lovely day, but close & sultry. To Church with Anne. First lesson singularly appropriate re. the Rly Strike. Poor sermon. M. Messel came to stay. Mr & Mrs Messel gone off to Aix les Bains this morg. Motored to Newhaven. Mr & Mrs Hanson Walker & their son in law Mr Stansfield, Major Oxley, Mr (blank) to tennis. The H. Booths dined here, sat out after. Bed 11 o’c. Maudie in good spirits, so thankful. Rain! Strike over!!! Trains running as usual again.

Monday 21 August Heavy rain!!! Strike over, but fear only patched over. Mary Monks leaves today, Emily Childs comes. Lovely afternoon. Rested after luncheon. After tea to Mrs Oxley’s, tennis. Muriel out for luncheon. Mrs Col Oxley there with her children. Maud & I returned earlier. Lennie & Mr Cadogan late, tired, & worried fr. stock exchange. Pleasant talk at dinner & after with Maud & Mr Cadogan on Texas Oil etc, & his engagement.

Tuesday 22 August Pouring wet all morg, deluge. Telephoned Emma. E. Childs at Staf. Ter. & all well. V. glad. Sore throat!!! Lennie seedy in bed unable to go to city. Mr Cadogan left early. Cleared up 1 o’c. Dear letter from Roy, fr. Edie & Edgar. Little Linley’s cricket match. Balcombe made only 59. Muriel left afternoon. To cricket field with Ethel Smart, had tea there & watched cricket. Saw Talbots, Schlesingers, Oxleys etc. Ellie Ritchie came to stay. Lennie bed early, not in to dinner.

Wednesday 23 August Lovely day. Lennie still here, not going to City. In his study all day. Mad’lle here for day. Mad’lle, Ethel Sharpe, & Barbara & Cushla Parker left 4 o’c. Cricket match again between Balcombe & (blank). Won by (blank). Mr Renton to tea. Ellie, Maud & self to see cricket after. Large party there. Linley made one run. Wrote Edgar giving up my share of Furrell money.

Thursday 24 August Lovely day. Not too hot. Wrote Emma & sent weekly cheque £2.15.5. For walk with Oliver to Lake to get water insects, c’d not find one. After lunch wet & with Ellie to cricket match. Balcombe won. Linley got one run. Saw the Talbots, Oxleys, Horns, etc. Had tea there. Maudie a vision see nothing of her & never get a moment together ever, except at meals. Lennie to business. (Page pinned in) Thursday 24 August. Mr Marriott came with Lennie to stay. Mr & Mrs Hanson Walker & Mr & Mrs Stansfield to dinner, dear people, & they know the Digbys & some of Lennie’s people. They have stayed at Sherborne Castle & like Mrs Digby vy much. Wrote to Edgar who is coming to London about Fitzroy, funds short for Sandhurst if he goes there. I can only give up the money coming to me fr. Furrell surplus & feel this ought to go to Edie & Herbert if anywhere. Lennie looks much better & we had a vy pleasant evg. Indiscretion on my part morg, must be wiser in future.

Friday 25 August Letter fr. Marie. Cooler & overclouded & v. windy. Morg. Maud, Mr Marriot, Ellie to see cottage near mill. Anne & self walked to red road to blackberry & met them coming back. Cricket match again, Balcombe won! Vy windy & colder afternoon. Went up to cricket ground with chicks & Fraulein. Large & smart assembly there. Tennis here after. Lennie vy well again. Only Mr Marriot & Ellie R, Maud, Lennie & self at dinner. Music after. Only wrote 2 letters.

Saturday 26 August Letter fr. Lawrence Fisher-Rowe, Eve & little Mervyn ill at Anchorage. Mr Marriott left by 12 train. Maud & Lennie to Mill & on to see the lovely “re done up” cottage beyond Mill. Vy large party to luncheon, both side tables full. Boys, Ann only girl among 8 boys! Mr & Mrs Noel Stoker arrived early for week end & Cushla Parker here to lunch also, about 20 to lunch!!! Edie F. came by 5 train to stay. Maud & Stokers & Ellie to Oxley garden party. The chicks en masse to the Mill to tea. Edie & walked there after tea, it looked lovely. (Page pinned in) Saturday 26th Aug. Mr H. Booth was playing on lawn with all the children. The Lake & garden looked charming, a perfect picture. Mr Campbell & Mr & Mrs Tower dined here, the two last here recently come into a lovely place full of art treasures at Lindfield. fr. their cousin Mr Kemp (stained glass). Vy pleasant evg but vy late for my darling. Dear Roy at Felixtowe this weekend. Am anxious to know how Emma is getting on with the little maid, fear rather tiresome for her. The young Noel Stoker couple charming, she is a dear little thing. Vy pretty & full of soul & tenderness. We met her Mother a pretty woman at the Phipson Beales.

Sunday 27 August Roy at Felixtowe with Mr Pollock. To church with Oliver & Edie. Slight rain. Walked round K. garden with darling & Edie & Cushla, gathered grapes! Large party at luncheon. The Noel Stokers, Cushla, Ellie, little Billy Heming who is staying with Linley & several others, 13 in all!!! Tennis afternoon. Mrs H. Booth, Mr Campbell & a friend, navy man? Nice couple the Noel Stokers. Edie played evg charmingly & Lennie pianola, too loud.

Monday 28 August Sat out morg & wrote. Lovely. Mr Stoker left early, he looks v. delicate. She left by 4 train. Edie & Ellie for walk to Lady Frederick’s, rain. Maud & self gardened. M. a raconté les rumeurs(?) dans la maison chere petite, j’en suis si fâcheé. Billy H. & Cushla left. Mr Philpot came by 4 train. He is going to paint Maud & Linley. Bright & lively young man. Played Poker patience evening. (Page pinned in) Monday Aug. 28th. Edie again played charmingly, so quietly. Lennie sang & played a little. Bed earlier. Lennie woke up last night & asked the watchman what had awakened him! Lennie had seen Roy. Cushla left. Roy has spots & his eyes are bad, feel v. anxious, trust he is well & only passing discomfort. Wrote to him to see Critchett, & a doctor.

Tuesday 29 August Lovely day. Wrote for little Linley’s slides for magic lantern for his birthday fr. A & N Stores, to Roy & to Emma. Long letter fr. Edgar. Tabbie has come forward & helped with Fitzroy for Sandhurst. Edie chicks & self for walk with chicks before lunch blackberrying. Darling left at 3 in Motor for Harold’s where she & Lennie spend night. She sat to Mr Philpot all morg. & looked tired. (Page pinned in) Tuesday 29th Aug. After early tea 4.15 Ellie & Mr Philpot for walk to Mill & to see cottage beyond. Edie & I went in carriage to Nymans to see Mrs Sington & Popsie. Nymans looking lovely. Mr Philpot painted little Linley after lunch until tea & is delighted with his two sitters. Charming evg during dinner & after. Mr Philpot most interesting & clever & plays beautifully on piano & yet does not know a note, such a treat to listen to him. Ellie & self & Mr P. Poker patience, he won, Ellie did last night. Sorry 10.45 before we came up to bed, wanted to be vy early on account of Barringer who looks vy seedy.

Wednesday 30 August Fine but cooler. Morg at 11 o’c with Ellie for lovely drive to call on Mrs Stansfield & Mrs Hanson Walker, dear people, their son just arrived from Montreal. Also to see cottage, not so struck as the rest of them with it.

Letter fr. Emma & fr Mrs Banks Tomlin v. unsatisfactory last. Darling returned fr. Harold’s & enjoyed her night there. She sat again all afternoon to Mr Philpot & after tea he & Ellie for walk & Maud & self alone to Mill. (Page pinned in) 30th Aug Wed. Rained, sheltered in Booth’s cottage, 2 dear little children. Rainbow & glorious sunset. My darling is doing too much & tiring herself, feel most anxious as Lennie is so dreadfully nervy, unpleasant dinner but for Ellie’s wit. Poker patience after, marvel I won! Edie played & Mr Philpot also. Poor darling very tired after her long day. Bed earlier.

Thursday 31 August Forwarded weekly cheque to Emma £2.8.5. Dear little Linley’s birthday. Gave him Magic lantern slides, one set wrong, ret’d them for others to Stores. 9/- postage, 1/- postage coming & same returning. Ellie & Mr Philpot left at 4 o’c, Ellie for Scotland. Three tables full at luncheon tea & dinner. Fitzroy came. Vy annoyed to hear he has had measles. V. wrong of Midge to have let him come. V. uncomfortable dinner. (Page pinned in) Thurs 31 Aug 1911. All children & Maud, Edie, Fitz & Lennie dressed up for dinner, fancy dress. Talbot, Oxley, Christopher Warren & Hayworth Booths here for day! Charades after dinner. Edie played. Dear Linley & all his friends & Anne & Oliver & Fraulein down for dinner. Maud must be v. tired. Miss Ellie R. v. much. She & Mr Philpot left together. Felt sad twice today thinking over Dearest, must regain courage.

Friday 1 September Slept badly. Peter in my room & woke me at 2 o’c. Morg wrote & mended evg dress outside. Darling with me part of time & Edie. Young Talbot here to luncheon & remaining night. At 3.30 in motor to call, tea at Mrs Faure Walker, saw Baby boy 6 months old. V. pretty child. Lennie home on our return. He & Maud walked to Mill. Edie, Fitz & self to Lake. Lennie tired & nervy. More comfortable dinner than expected. My darling tired, will overdo herself.

Saturday 2 September Lovely day. Vy hot. Sat out writing morg with Darling, Fitzroy & Edie after her practice. Little Talbot with Linley. Chicks to tea at Mill & bathed in Mill lake morg. Mr Forrester came, played tennis afternoon with Fitzroy. Sat out after tea & walked to lake with Darling & Edie before dinner. Lennie fishing with Mr H. Booth & Cap’t Kendal. Mr & Mrs H. Booth & Cap’t Kendal (Dum Dum) of Punch to dinner. Vy pleasant evg & interesting talk. Sat near my Maud. Mrs Sington dined here.

Sunday 3 September Lovely morg. Did not get to sleep until v. late last night, but soundly after. No letter fr. Roy for long time. Anne to Church with me. Fitzroy, Mr Forrester, Maud, Oliver & Linley together. Edie played Lennie’s accompaniments all morg. Beautiful lesson on Charity, want it badly now. Sat with Maudie, Chicks & Edie on lawn after lunch, v. happy. Later Oxleys with Mr Montgomery, Major Talbot with Col. Armitage, Mr H. Booth to tea under tree lawn. Walked after with darling & Lennie & Edie before dinner. Music after. Lennie better but tired.

Monday 4 September Slept fairly well. Lovely morg. Glorious day as usual. Morocco France & Germany looking v. black again. Went with Edie to see our dear chicks bathe at Mill with all the others there. Vy pretty sight. How my Dearest w’d have loved it! Little Oliver v. brave. 7 in all. Sat at Mill after watching them return in boat, Mrs Booth rowing. Mr Philpot to paint Maud & Linley. Ethel Smart here for day to arrange bills for Darling. Quite pleasant evg. although Lennie was tired after going thro’ silver with Barringer. Very sorry he is leaving.

Tuesday 5 September Slept v. badly, & headache & dusty eye, fear gout. Vy late last night. Letter fr. dear Roy fr. Brighton weekend. The 2 F. Blairs for day fr. Worthing. Edie leaves, & Fitzroy. Fitzroy returned wrong date for Sandhurst! 13th !!! Feel vy limp & tired for no reason. Florrie here all day, took her to Station & walked back. Letters fr. dear Roy, Mrs Evans, Midge etc. Better evg, L. not so nervy.

Wednesday 6 September Letter fr. dear Edgar, hurt his leg playing tennis. Slept better but still headache & tired. Glorious morg, everyone feeling fine, no doubt loving unusual heat. Wrote morg. Mr Philpot painting Maud morg. & left with canvasses after tea. Maudie looked v. tired at lunch fr. long standing. Barringer left, v. sorry. Osborne Mr Messel’s man took his place. All as usual. Sat on lawn with Maud after tea, & at 6.10 Lennie ret’d fr. city & they both went over to Nymans to see Mrs Sington & dau. Lennie v. tired but amiable & quite nice talk during dinner. Bed 10.45.

Thursday 7 September Woke 6.30. Wrote Edgar & Toula. Vy hot. Sat out mended morg. Darling read. Chicks to Mill, bathed. Mrs Sington & Poppy to tea. Lennie home early with Mr Booth. Chicks for picnic. Mrs Macquoid called. Lennie

quite nice & pleasant during dinner & after. Bed earlier. Mrs Parsons & Edith packed for me.

Friday 8 September If possible go to Edgar’s. Sent telegram about Motor to meet me Grimsby Town. Very painful talk with my Darling, but can no longer stand rudeness I am subjected to by Lennie & his sister & feel quite ill at times from the effort to keep my temper. Will never stay with him again for over a week if possible. My own darling suffers I can see. (Page pinned in) 8 Sept 1911. Friday. Have made a great mistake staying so long but it is so hard to be separated from my beloved Maud, & her dear children. God help me to do what is right & what is best for her health & happiness. My darling & Oliver & Linley saw me off. Fitzroy came up with me & saw me off by 4 o’c fr. Kings Cross for Grimsby. Emma met us Victoria & went on to Kings X. She has promised to stay on & not get married. I am so thankful & do not deserve the peace of mind this gives me. Feel anxious & worried about my Darling but could stand the strain no longer & am thankful to leave Balcombe. Dear Edgar met me at door, vy pathetic but smart even on his crutches & his dear right leg dangling. He wrenched the muscle playing lawn tennis & only felt a severe pain at the time. His leg is black & swollen & the veins swollen, he may not put it to the ground yet, it occurred a fortnight ago! He looks vy well & Sophy also & thinks I look very seedy. I feel it & am convinced Balcombe House is unhealthy. Trust my precious Maud will keep well, & the dear chicks, & Lennie.

Saturday 9 September Ravendale. Lovely fresh air coming into my room & feel refreshed already. No sun but air so invigorating after Balcombe. Slept better than I had dared expect, thinking of my Darling last & first thing on waking. Dull morg, cooler. Worked morg. drawing room. Lovely & sunny later. Sophy rode 11.30. I had drive to Waltham, shop’d for Sophy. Mr & Mrs & Miss Hanbury & Mr & Miss Wilder to tennis & tea in summer house. Walked after to gate with dogs. Poker patience evg. V. nice day, air bracing.

Sunday 10 September Lovely day. Sophy to church on cycle, sorry I did not go as Edgar busy & c’d not sit with him. Wrote to Edie & my Darling. Sat out reading after. After lunch rested & sat out with Sophy, both she & Edgar had good sleep, he on his bed in Library where he sleeps not being able to get up stairs. Peaceful & restful. Already feel much better & nerves quieter. Had

tea in summer house. Lovely evg. Supper usual, Edgar eats nothing, vy different to Vittel & Ireland.

Monday 11 September Lovely morg. Slept v. well up to 7.30. Bath & did my hair, breakfast in bed 8.30. Sat out all morg. Mended my bodice. Drove at 3 o’c with Sophy to Binbrook. Doctor saw Edgar morg. & he may put his foot to the ground. Tea on lawn. E. seems brighter & walks about on one crutch & a stick only now. Complained of a burning sensation in his bad leg. Bridge after dinner, enjoyed it & sleepy feeling passed off. Letter fr. dear Roy.

Tuesday 12 September Dull morg. Sophy goes to Doncaster alone. Edgar hopes to go tomorrow. Midge & H. there. Two letters fr. darling Maud who had a horrid experience Saty by her dogs barking at cows crossing a field fr. Lady F.L’s. Luckily Mrs H. Booth with her & saved the situation. Sat out morg. working & reading. Edgar v. busy with his papers. Lovely day after 10 o’c. Walked to large gates with dogs & had tea with Edgar in summer house. Sophy back in Motor 8.15, told us about races etc & had lost 5/. H. & Midge there. Poker Patience evg.

Wednesday 13 September Great thunderstorm in night. Terrific peal of thunder awoke me, & heavy rain. Dull morg. No letter fr. Maudie. Edgar & Sophy to Doncaster. Lovely day later & lovely sunset. Took dogs for walk along new road to a farm, farm dog made us beat a hasty retreat. Wrote & worked. The gardener’s wife seized with sharp intermittent pains, gave her oil & bromide & took little girl to summer house. Nice little child & v. sharp for her age, (Page pinned in). Wed 13th September. about 4 years old. Cut out paper spoons forks etc for sham meals in summer house & took her back at 6.30 to Cottage. E. & S. back fr. Doncaster 8 o’c having had delightful day. E. none the worse. Both tired & all to bed 10 o’c.

Thursday 14 September Lovely morg. 2 letters fr. darling Maud all well Balcombe, & large house parties. Am feeling much better in this beautiful air & the v. restful life & early hours, altho’ I miss my darling & her dear chicks greatly. Edgar & Sophy off at 10.30 for Doncaster. E. none the worse for fatigue yesterday. Took Slater (gardener’s) little girl for walk along drive, his wife a little better. Fed cats after lunch & took Parrot in as wind is cold. Worked & wrote.

Friday 15 September Midge & Hamilton return from Doncaster in their Motor with Sophy, here Ravendale for 2 nights. Edgar did not go to Doncaster but saw his Doctor, & a masseuse came to do his leg & he felt better after. Vy cold. Had fire in Hall & drawing room. I took dogs for 2 walks, wrote & read. Met Motor evg. 6.30 & Midge got out & walked with me back to house. Vy delighted to see them, both well. Vy pleasant evg. Bridge after, & came to bed 10.30 leaving them playing. Long letter fr. Roy who is taking another man into their firm.

Saturday 16 September V. v. cold, want warmer clothes. Dull early. Letter fr. Darling telling of fire in Yard just outside grounds, the grocer’s untidy enclosure caught fire & some Kerosine tubs, & all in yard burnt. Very good thing to have that dirty place cleaned by fire, it ought not to be there. Fear this third shock for my Darling, & Lennie seedy. At 11 Edgar, Sophy, Midge & self to Grimsby, got stamps & needles! & enquired train 12.30 best. Midge & self for walk with dogs after lunch & to farm ordered 10 eggs 1/- for Monday. (Page pinned in) Saty 16th Sep. Ravendale. Found Admiral Allington talking to Hamilton in Hall. Vy charming man. Edgar had masseuse & Doctor came also. E’s leg better but he is not v. careful of it! Very lively party at dinner, H. in splendid form, & Midge as witty as ever, & looks so well. Bridge evening. H. & S. won again. Bed 10.30. Delightful day.

Sunday 17 September Midge & H. leave early today 9 o’c AM in their Motor. Hamilton as far as Mrs Foster’s, & Midge returns home. To Church here alone. Sophy to Barnsley, Mr German rector, Harvest Festival. Awful indigestion after luncheon lasted hours! A little bird flew into my room whilst I was dressing & I had to catch it to protect its hurting itself against the window. (Page pinned in) Sunday 17th Sep. We had tea in the summer house, & after I took dogs to Long Drive but Lowrie returned & only Bunty went on to Large gates with me. Weighed by Sophy in Loft. I weighed 9 st. & ½ lb so am losing weight. Year before my illness weighed only 8 st. 6 & last time with dearest Lin at Dumfries station where I was 10 st. 2! & not been weighed since that 3 summers ago when we were on our way home from the Phipson Beales & Antoinette Duval went as maid with us. Dearest felt then the great fatigue of walking & shooting & used to lie down by my side in bedroom on a long chair, was v. anxious about him then.

Monday 18 September Dear Mervyn’s birthday. I was weighed yesterday by Sophy in the Stable loft & weighed 9 stone & ½ a pound, less than I have ever weighed except just before my illness. Lovely cold morg. Packed. Edgar had his masseuse & Sophy went for a ride. Letter fr. Caroline James. Walked round grounds with Edgar. Got 10 eggs 1/- fr. Parkinson farm. Quiet evg & played bridge after dinner. Bed 10.30.

Tuesday 19 September I return home by 12.35, D.V. Sophy’s parlour maid goes with me to station. Fine. Letter fr. Darling in a whirl of visitors & excitement. Wish she could lead a more restful life, cannot be good for her nerves the constant strain. Letter fr. Mervyn, at St Leonards until Thurs. Dear E. gave me grapes & flowers, & port wine. Vy happy visit, wish dear E’s leg was quite well but is much better today & he walks straighter. (Page pinned in) Tuesday 19th Sep 1911. Our motor had puncture just after Waltham & we only just caught our train. Three people in carriage with me! So could only eat 2 sandwiches, smell. Train late at King’s X. Gave Sherbourne (parlourmaid) 3/-, Housemaid Beatrice 5/-, man 1/-, motor home 3/6, porters 1/1. Stamps 3/-, fare return £2.3.4. Total £2.18.11 for 10 days only. Darling pd cab to Charing X fr. Victoria, I fare fr. Balcombe, & porters. Fitzroy pd them for her. Forgot I had my return ticket from Balcombe, so gave it to Fitzroy. Found all looking vy nice at home. Young girl nice manners but knows nothing in waiting etc, may learn. Dear Roy dined with me & enjoyed my evening with him vy much. Darling had sent some flowers fr. Strudwicks, roses & white chrysanthemums.

Wednesday 20 September Heavy rain during night. Fine later. Letter fr. darling Maud. To Bank morg. about G.N.Rly (U.S.A.) where to pay Dividend. Paid Dr Kingscote for Roy £53.11.0 awfully expensive. Mrs Bosanquet to tea. Emma II & I unpacked. Emma laid lunch beautifully. Roy dined out, came home to dress. Wrote after dinner.

Thursday 21 September Some rain. Woke 3 times in night. About showing Emma II bedrooms, elle sait absolument rien et à l’air bête. In all morg. pottering. Vy tired but laid cloth for dinner with E.II & put out Roy’s things. Sp. came to tea, looks vy well, they are staying 25 Lancaster Gate Hotel. Walked with Sp. to Barkers, saw him into omnibus. Roy dined at home. (Page pinned in) Thursday 21st Sep. Roy dined at home & very nice little evg. together.

Looked thro’ some of Dearest’s pipes, to be put in his room. Letter fr. darling Maud. Roy goes Saty for week end to Harold’s.

Friday 22 September Letters fr. Tabs fr. Aix les Bains, & Edie F. & Mabel Ling, new maid. Busy morg. putting drawers in order etc & arranging a box of flowers fr. darling Maud. Emma II doing stairs. Vy slow but willing if only can teach her to be more thorough. After rest to enquire after Mrs V. Cole, much better, & Maud Cole there with her husband, saw both, & on to Mrs Keith. Nellie funny as ever with good stories! £5 note one! Roy dined at home 7.30 & to theatre after.

Saturday 23 September Roy goes for week end to Harold & Nonie. Lovely morg. Hard at work showing Emma II work. Dusted alone my Beloved’s room. Pd Archer 18/- for his dear photos. Roy returned at 2.30, sat with him whilst he finished packing. Much annoyed by new maid “sans savoir”. Rest & slept after he left 3.10 & then walked to see Mervyn & Ethel, depressed feeling always in Earls Court Rd! Poor E’s legs greatly swollen & she is vy stout. Mervyn came in, he vy thin. Little lonely evg, bed early. Canada rejected reciprocity bill. Bravo Canada.

Sunday 24 September Canada rejected reciprocity if only a 2nd (?) Chamberlain c’d ride. Lovely morg. rested until 10.30 quietly in bed. Emma II out morg. At 11.30 walked to Ethel M’s, both out at Hurlingham for day. On to see Mrs Adlam, just starting for a little walk, vy seedy with sciatica but plucky & talkative, full of politics. Staunch Unionist. Alone all afternoon & evg. Wrote & read.

Monday 25 September Lunch with Sp. & Ada at 25 Lancaster Gate 1 o’c. Roy returned fr. Harold’s. Two maids Caroline James & Mabel Ling come for one month fr. Mrs Banks Tomlin. Met Darling Maud & little Linley up for day at Lancaster Gate & after cheery little lunch with Sp. & Ada & Hylda went with Maud & little Linley to Dentist for Linley & saw them off at Victoria by 5 o’c train. Roy dined out. (Page pinned in) Monday 25th Sep. Roy returned fr. Harold’s & dined out. Maids arrived exceedingly good looking girl Mabel Ling & fine figure. Edie comes tomorrow she has sprained or put out her knee. V. sorry. So glad to see Darling Maud, & looking much better.

Tuesday 26 September Nellie K. to tea. Postponed. Start getting drawing room ready. Emma & Emma II & Mabel helping. Plus que les deaux nouvelles quoi’que gentilles n’arriverant (illeg) (illeg). Out morg. Whiteley, ordered enamel basin for maid’s room 2/11½ & an enamel brush & soap stand 3 cornered for top landing 1/11½. Edie F. coming to stay. Arrived after tea looking v. seedy & little lame fr. sprain. She & I dined alone. She v. depressed about Herbert not well at Milan. Italy & Turkey disturbing Europe over Tripoli. X. Awful disaster of French ship “Liberté”. (Page pinned in.) 26th Tuesday Sep. Nearly 500 lives lost & many seriously injured. The ship blown to pieces at Toulon early yesterday morg. Roy dined out & to see Melodrama Drury Lane, enjoyed it. Emma out after her tiring morg. in drawing room. Hamilton L. sent me a brace of partridges, vy kind. Wrote to him at once.

Wednesday 26 September Ap’t 12 dressmaker. Went by 2 oms & Taxi which jumped fr. 8d to 2/. Cost 1/6 fr. Baker St to 59B Abbey Rd. Stamp & postcards 2/-, om 3d, total 4/-. Late back fr. Marlborough Metropolitan to High St. Kens. Little E. out. Roy in to dinner. Edie off at 8 o’c to Bushey. No letter fr. Maud since Monday. Little Linley returns to School, hope he will be happy. Roy dined at home. Both he & Edie in 8 o’c. Emma II out. Edie vy worried about Herbert, no letter for 3 weeks.

Thursday 28 September Edie & I go to tea at 4.30 to meet Miss Davison, Geoff Con’s fiancée, at Ethel’s. Lovely morg. Emma & Mabel finished arranging drawing room. Edie writing & out. I did Roy’s room & put mine ready, & maid’s room & Edie’s. Rather much for one morg! with young girl E.C. Man doing windows drawing room & dining room.

Friday 29 September Ask Sp. Ada & Hylda. Coming Sunday. Nellie Keith to tea. Birthday. Lovely flowers fr. darling & lovely tea cloth fr. Toula. Out morg. shops. Did flowers on return. Emma v. busy all day doing stairs. Petite helped after 12. Curtains up my room. Man fr. Barkers to mend cord window drawing room. Roy dines at home. Edie at school all day.

Saturday 30 September Mabel out after 4.30. Little E. managed dinner better & neater. Edie goes to Maud. Not going on ac’t of her cold. She went to Doctor morg. about her knee, better. Shop’d alone. To Bank, ordered fish, 3 lemon soles & veg’ts. Curtain rod mended drawing room by Barker. Roy dined out.

Polished dearest’s room, fresh paper over things & dusted. Emma putting down stair carpets, look v. nice. Edie & self put out drawing room things & arranged lights.

Sunday 1 October Sp. Ada & Hilda dine here. Roy at home week end. Walked round Pond with Edie morg. V. cold but bright. Edie out after lunch. Mrs Molesworth & Miss Rose Innes to tea. Latter remained too late as usual & I had to hurry in dressing & putting out glass. Fire in drawing room, v. cold. Edie’s cold still bad. Quite pleasant evg. Roy’s peaches 6 he gave me all used. Cap. Loring, Harolds, Mrs Gibson & Major Talbot at Maud’s Balcombe.

Monday 2 October Asked Mrs & Miss Davison to tea 4.30. Only Miss D. came, & Midge with flowers. Morg. out early & for 2 hrs after with Emma doing photos dearest’s room. Edie at Bushey. Roy dined at home & went out after. Wrote to Darling & to Edgar. Letter fr. Sophy.

Tuesday 3 October To 59B Abbey Rd to be fitted 11 o’c. Took up entire morg. starting at 10 o’c. Went with Edie by underground 1/-. Do not think much of dress maker, no ideas. We got into wrong train ret’ng. Miss Innes came & stayed till 7. Roy packing for Scotland, goes to Mrs Galbraiths for week by night mail. He left here 10 o’c.

Wednesday 4 October Dear Roy arrives 7 AM Dumfries. Slept badly. Letter fr. darling. Miss Stephens to work here for day. Postponed. Mabel out afternoon & evg. Busy with Emma all morg. in Dearest’s room with photos. Not much rest after lunch. Mrs Pohl came to tea. I walked after & called on Emily Trant. She was out with Midge but I saw Mr Trant, & walked home. Bought 2 little 1/- wooden boxes! Edie home in time for dinner. Parlage avec ma chère Vieille elle conseille que je garde les deux nouvelles.

Thursday 5 October Lunch with Midge 1 o’c. Dull early & some rain. Slept better, woke early. Worked with Emma in Dearest’s room an hour. Dressed & off 11.30 walked nearly to M’s club Burlington St. & on fr. there to her new club in Dover St. with Mrs & Miss Hamilton Johnson. She paints, pretty daughter. Excellent lunch nice club. To see Fanny Barker & Mary, Brown’s Hotel. Vy busy about Mary’s wedding 24 October. To old masters Trafalgar Gallery after. (Page pinned in) 5 Oct. Met Mr Hanson

Walker at Grafton Galleries who kindly took us round & showed us the lovely old pictures most important to see. Rembrandt’s old man a beauty. Watts group mother & 3 children with a Rubens tint etc. Midge saw me into an omnibus & reached home after 7 o’c. Dear letters fr. Roy & Maud, the dearest I have ever had fr. Roy. Makes me vy happy to know he loves his home & appreciates all the beautiful things which will be his.

Friday 6 October Midge lunched with me 1.30 alone. Out morg. for orders early. After with Midge to see her fitted at Sampsons & on to back of Selfridges where she was fitted with black velvet dress coat & skirt. Tea with Midge at her club & home 7.30! by om. Am getting quite brave alone. Edie all day at School & home tired. Quiet evg. Bed early.

Saturday 7 October Dull morg. Edie goes to Darling for week end. Mad’lle Jaquinot spends day & evg. with me. Went shop’g & found Nina Davison’s address, out. Read & mended afternoon. Venison fr. Maud. Mad’elle & self played card games & Bridge after dinner. Roy at Galbraiths.

Sunday 8 October With Mad’lle Jaquinot to Browns Hotel & sat with Fanny Parker & Mary. C’d not remin to lunch as Mad’lle with me. Omnibus back. Mad’lle remained all day, left at 10 o’c. No one called. Roy at Terregles with Galbraiths. Edie with Darling at Balcombe.

Monday 9 October Ap’t 11 o’c Dr Mitchell, Miss Rose Innes’ & Maud’s dentist. Went at 10.30 by omnibus. Vy upset idea of Emma’s leaving, hope will return if only as sewing maid. Edie returned fr. Balcombe. Went by omnibus to dentist, stop’d one tooth, an hour. Mrs Brooks to tea, cousin George seedy. Called after on Miss Neaves. V. interesting talk with her. My darling sleeps at Lancaster Gate tonight.

Tuesday 10 October Maud & Lennie dined at Mrs M’s. Private view of Mr Abbey’s pictures for Phyllidelphia(sic) U.S.A. White City Exhib. My darling in London for day. Mrs Brammell to tea. Dear Roy leaves Terregles tonight. He is remaining on until Saturday morg. & goes same day to Tabbie’s. Darling came late for a few moments, does not look well. Edie & self alone evg. Dear old Emma’s last day here, but will I hope come back after a holiday.

Wednesday 11 October To be fitted by Effie’s dressmaker 11 o’c. Mrs Evans to tea. Mervyn dines here 7.30 & Lennie & Maud. Dear Roy arrives early & leaves by 3.30 for Tabbie’s. Coming Saturday instead. Maudie fetched me 10.30. To Mme Meak(?) fitted Abbey Rd 59B, to Marshall Snelgroves, Ross M’s pearls. Lunched & rested Claridges. Left Darling at Mrs Hohler’s & home after heavenly time with Maud alone. (Page pinned in) Wed 11th Oct. Mrs Bosanquet to tea. Lennie & Maud & Mervyn dined here, my darling depressed. Blunderbus out afternoon & evg. Dear Emma left at 4.30 for her niece’s where she has a room, 3/- a week, & hope after a rest she will return to me. Lennie sang & Edie played. It was much pleasanter & softer than at Balcombe & his voice sounded v. nice. Maudie told me about Mrs Onslow Ford leaving her husband! Too terrible to believe & dearest was so fond of her!

Thursday 12 October Mrs Wylie at National Gallery tea, & Mervyn at Studio 14 Cheyne Row. Darling fetched me 11.30. To Johnson’s about Dearest’s drawing, gave Maudie the Water Baby one & having another done for Mary Carter. To Barkers left little candlestick to be mended. Lunched Claridges with Darling & on to National Gallery. Saw Mrs Hamilton Wylie painting there. Darling did not seem well & feel anxious about her. (Page pinned in) Thursday 12th Oct. Left her at National Gallery & went on alone by Taxie to Mervyn’s studio, saw his works excellent portrait in relief of Lawrence, & Lady’s head & others, all very clever, wish I had one of Dearest. Edie & self alone.

Friday 13 October Mrs Rae coming to tea. Coming Monday instead. Morg. by Motor bus to Lancaster Gate took Ada’s gold pin. She is in bed at 19 Lancaster Gate. Sat little while with her, gout in foot again! To Darling’s, out. Fetched my paper list. Out to Whiteleys ordered china & 2 glass dishes for entrée dishes. In all afternoon rested well & slept 20 minutes. Wrote to Emma. Edie back earlier. Played our music evg.

Saturday 14 October Dear Roy returns early from Scotland (Galbraiths). Edie goes with Darling to Balcombe. Mrs Gibson asked me to lunch to meet Lady Gilbert. Roy arrived, looks well, left after lunch with me for Tabbie’s until Wednesday. Out morg. shop’g. Afternoon to tea with George Brooks. Isabelle & Col. Hall & a clergyman there. Alone evening.

Sunday 15 October Mary to enquire after Nicola Saunders, little baby girl ar’d Friday. Long talk with Ruby & saw Mr Saunders, asked them to dine next Sunday. Alice Linley dined here, enjoyed having her. Miss Rose Innes to tea, remained until 7 o’c. Started tonic.

Monday 18 October Dentist 11.15. Mrs Rae to tea & Mrs & Miss Johnstone, only 2 last came. Mrs Rae ill at Hotel. Morg to dentst, Barkers, first ordered bacon. Ordered papers fr. Smiths fr. tonight, no Times today, only Evg. Standard. Stop’d old paper shop, Picknell. Edie returnd fr. Balcombe we dined together. Ellie Ritchie came to tea also. Vy pleasant afternoon. Letter fr. dear old Emma.

Tuesday 17 October Toula comes. Edie goes to her aunt’s whilst Toula is here. Walked morg across Gds to Darlng’s. Found her busy packing with Ethel Smart. On with Edie to Bond St. Mrs Pollock, Miss Gill called. Toula arrived 3 o’c. Roy returned home after dinner. Edis remained until 10 o’c. Roy found things a bit strained at Leweston.

Wednesday 18 October Morg out with Toula, to Whiteleys across Gds, met Mrs Boughton. At 3.30 had carriage to Darling’s found her packing. Florence Walford in her room vy serious operation necessary, 2 of her nieces there. Darling v. anxious. Nonie called in to tea and arranged about a maid for her. Ret’d in carriage, saw Lennie. Roy dined at home, out after.

Thursday 19 October Go to Mrs Noel Stoker to tea, 4 o’c, 5 Fernshaw Mansions, Chelsea. Postponed. Darling & Lennie go to Germany for 3 weeks by 9 o’c fr. Charing X. Roy saw them off, & breakfasted at his club. Toula & self busy all morg with electric light drawing room, 1½ hrs! Put bulbs tidy in drawer. Afternoon Toula off alone. I went alone to tea with Alice Linley, met Mary Carter & her fiancé & Fanny B. Vy cheery, he seems devoted. Alice walked to Hyde Pk Corner with me. Toula cab home. Roy dined out. Antoinette called, looks seedy.

Friday 20 October Pouring rain morg. Roy goes to Mrs Lewisohn’s for week end this afternoon. Toula & self out morg. to Lancaster Gate to see Florence W. & Nonie M. arranging all with nurse. F. looks better & clearer in complexion, her room a bower of flowers. To Whiteleys after. Lady Self

came to tea, stayed a long while. Letter fr. my darling fr. Calais, letter written in train. V. happy. Roy left at 4.30. Quiet evg. Ethel Mervyn here to dinner, full of her travels in prospective(sic). Dear Mervyn not well.

Saturday 21 October Toula & self v. busy morg. flowers, & did 2 shelves in my wardrobe in Roy’s room. Lunched early. To Matinée “Bunty pulls the strings”. Haymarket by bus, & in Pit. Vy comfortable, good places!!! Got fruit coming home. Cozy evg. Poker Patience. Enjoyed our outing together. Dear letter fr. Darling fr. Cologne. Dearest & I there 2 years ago together.

Sunday 22 October Ruby Walker & Mr Saunders to dinner, & Edie. Strong wind, in all day. Emily Trant & her husband, Spencer, Edgar, came to tea. Rejoiced to see Edgar so well, & in such good spirits. Vy pleasant dinner. Mr Saunders sang 3 songs well, & Edie played. He is a rather commonplace young man with odd ideas! Spencer came in after dinner.

Monday 23 October Busy morg. To Bank. Shop’g Kens. Toula to buy dress Harrods at 10 o’c AM. Toula & self did photos in dearest’s room. Eva Bosanquet & her dau. Aylmer & Edgar came to tea. Aylmer left early. Edgar looking splendid. Dear Roy returned fr. week end at Edna Lewisohn’s, enjoyed it, & went out to dine with Mr Pollock.

Tuesday 24 October Mary Carter’s marriage with Mr Lowe(?) Brown, St James Piccadilly, 2.30, & at Brown’s Hotel after. Awful day, pouring wet. Had Maud’s carriage, sat with Holdens. Mary looked v. nice & both v. happy. To Browns Hotel after. Mrs L(illeg) Nellie Zimmermann, etc. there & Mr Allen. Roy also. Saw Mary & Mr L.B. off, & carriage left Roy at Club. He dined with Arthur & rest party, to theatre after. I home. Toula & self alone.

Wednesday 25 October Edgar & Sophy dine here & Spencer. Out morg shop’g. Walked with Toula to Round Pond.. Chose chicken, fruit etc. Toula to enquire after Ada Sp, better & up. Florence Walford had an operation at Nursing Home, 25 Dorset Sqre. All well. Toula & self by bus to Little Theatre 5/seats to see “Fanny’s first play” by Bernard Shaw. Vy amusing. Very pleasant evg & dinner, they stayed till 11.15 & Roy dined at home. Mrs Bryan came about my blue silk dress which she is making.

Thursday October 26 Very wet. Toula & self 10.40 to Mde Meak(?) Abbey Rd about my £10.10 failure, silly woman. Went by taxi 2/6 & om back 6d. Toula after to stores, got blotting paper, diaries & envelopes & tail comb for me, 3/6½. Bought lace morg. 2/6. Telephoned Midge, she & Dora going to theatre tonight. Promised to meet her morg. 11 o’c tomorrow. Roy out evg. Letter fr. Darling yesterday fr. Dresden. V. happy & well.

Friday 27 October Lady Lockyer 3 - 6. Meet Midge at Henry’s Dover St. Postponed. In all morg. tidying one shelf in wardrobe Roy’s room. Toula & self 3 o’c in Maud’s carriage to 25 Dorset Sq’re to enquire after Florence Walford, successful operation Wed, all going on well. Saw Ethel Smart there. Quiet evg. with Toula. Roy dined out.

Saturday 28 October Roy to Mrs Lewisohn’s for week end. Lady Lockyer 3 - 4. To tea at Mrs Stokers, 5 Fernshaw Mansions Chelsea. Dear Toula left 10.20 AM. Out shop’g directly after & worked after. Mrs Evans to luncheon. Mrs Gibson, Nonie Messel & Mrs L. Bradbury called. I had M’s carriage 4 o’c & had tea Mrs Stoker. Edie came to stay, alone we 2 to dinner. Emma II served, Mabel out.

Sunday 29 October Wire fr. Darling, Grand Hotel, Nurnberg, Germany. Edie & self to Mervyn’s & took Motor bus with M. & Ethel & walked in Park. Vy nice, but cold. Ethel & Mervyn, Fanny Barker with Miss R. Carter & Alice dine here 8 o’c. Pleasant evg.

Monday 30 October Lady Lockyer 3 - 4. Mrs Bryan 11 o’c. Fitted morg. Horrid day, poured. Had Maud’s carriage & went to see Florence Walford. Looks pulled down, operation horrid experience. Roy dined at home. Feel v. seedy, hot & headachey. Roy too looks seedy. Dear letter fr. Maudie.

Tuesday 31 October 10.30 Ap’t with Dr Whittiker(?) dentist. To Mrs Nembhard after. Had a glass of excellent port 63 fr. the Wood, A.N. Stores, shall get some. Mrs Marcus Stone, Miss Rose Innes & W. Lockyer called. Edie & self alone. Roy came in early. Edie played. Feel v. tired.

Wednesday 1 November To ask Mr & Mrs Pohl & Evie & Lawrence & Col & Mrs Fitter(?). Lunch with Desirée. Shop’d early, vy expensive. Roses, fruit, partridges. Had carriage to Col Welby. Lady Ward, Maurice Hewlett(?) & Mrs Stone there. V. pleasant. Harrods more fruit & sweets, carriage fetched me. Edgar came afternoon. Pleasant evg. but missed perfect cooking, otherwise all went well.

Thursday 2 November Ap’t dentist 4.30. Had this on Tuesday instead. In bed all day, feel very tired & headachey. Edie to Balcombe. Postcard from Darling fr. Nurnberg. Roy dined out. Came home early. Feel better for rest all day in bed but v. tired & headachey. Mary Monks came about a place, been at home 3 months nearly. Mabelle to Lancaster Gate about carriage tomorrow. Edie with cold, too damp for her in trains.

Friday 3 November Mr Richardson about Dearest’s photos, lunches here 1 o’c. Postponed to next Friday. Roy & self dine at Brown’s Hotel with Fanny Barker & go to theatre after, “Marionettes”. Fine morning. Out shop’g, rested afternoon. Had carriage to take us & bring me home fr. theatre, Roy on to Mr Stern’s & home v.late!!! Most delightful evg & charming play, Sir John Hare & Marie Lohr. Saw Alexanders, Fitters, Foxes, Pitts & Gladys Cooper in a box op. to us. Enjoyed play immensely & Roy also.

Saturday 4 November Fine, out morg with Edie shop’g. She has another cold. Carriage at 3 to call Fanny Barker Brown’s Hotel & Edgar Langham & Nonie Messel all out, & to see Florence Walford, getting on splendidly. Edie & self alone. Roy out. Mabelle out. Made peppermint sweets & neglected work & writing! Miss Toula v. much indeed. 3 postcards fr. Darling Maud.

Sunday 5 November Awful night blew, poured & blew again, could get no rest. Glorious morg. Morocco-Congo treaty signed at Berlin 5 PM last night, discontent Germany! Lunch at Edgar’s, Langham Hotel 1.30. Went with Edie across gardens to Lancaster Gate, om fr. there. Excellent lunch at Pegani’s. Home by om. Mr Molesworth came to tea,. Edie lunched at Sp’s. Spencer & Hilda dined here & Roy in to dinner after tennis & Richmond!

Monday 6 November Lovely morg. Letter from Darling from Nurnberg, they are delighted with all they have seen at Dresden, Cologne, Nurnberg, (illeg)burg etc & now

go to Munich. Called on Mrs Adlam & had tea with her, looks older & has to go on crutches, but brave old lady full of courage & spirits, & taking keen interest in everything. Roy out evg. Edie & self alone. Paid my rates & taxes, v. heavy.

Tuesday 7 November Warm & damp. Letter fr. Darling fr. Munich. To Stores morg. with Edie by train, Xmas things. Mr & Mrs Denny (illeg) & Mrs Finlay called. Roy out to dinner. Morg bought roses, 1/6, for Dearest’s photos. Roy not nearly so bright & happy since Mr Stern’s return, fear he envies great wealth!

Wednesday 8 November Mrs Mackenzie Davidson 3.30. Go with Miss Rose Innes to Covent Garden to see Russian dancers. Lovely flowers fr. Tabbie. Edie off early. Had Victoria to theatre, great crowd. Mad’lle J. to lunch & drove her to Piccadilly Circus. “Pavlova” perfectly wonderful, dream of grace & exquisite form. Lovely box only Winnie L. besides self. To Rumplemeyers after. Miss Innes saw me home. Roy dined out.

Thursday 9 November Lovely morg. Carriage at 3.15.

Friday 10 November Mr Richardson to luncheon 1 o’c about C(illeg). Mrs Boughton at home. Tabbie coming to dinner. Asked Harolds also. None could come, Edie & self alone. Roy out. I called on Mrs Walter Crane & saw him & Mr Dolly Story & his pretty daughter. On to cousin George Brooks where I always enjoy myself. Very nice people there & Mr de Courcelles(?) who is so clever.

Saturday 11 November Roy goes at 2.30 to Edna May’s. Carriage 11 o’c to Stores, walked home fr. Albert Memorial. Had carriage again 3.30, called Mr Fleischmann. Horrid afternoon, pouring, only went there. Mad’lle fr. Miss White’s school where Edie goes came to tea here. Quiet evg. with Edie. Letter fr. my darling. Anxious about little Anne.

Sunday 12 November Edie & I dine at Mrs Denny’s Grand Hotel 7.45. Walked morg to Round Pond & back. No one called. Wretched day. Most delightful evg at Mrs Denny’s 6 officers & ourselves only besides our hosts. Charming table &

dinner well chosen, & good music after & talk. Our first taxi refused to move, 5/6 spent & for a vy happy time & some good stories.

Monday 13 November Kitchen chimney swept. 11 o’c Mrs Bryan comes to fit me. Came. To the stores by train, fruits, apron, bath blanket.

Tuesday 14 November Did box loft with Mabel. Roy & I dine at Harolds 8 o’c. Out morg to Bank. Mrs Kendal called, Mr Cooke & Miss Bonnebie(?), Aylmer Bosanquet, Gladys Crozier. Flowers 3/6. Very charming dinner at Nonies’s . Mr & Mrs Fleischmann, Mr Stern & Mrs Gibson, took her with us in Maud’s carriage, & home. Well chosen dinner all excellent feel how much I have to learn & how careless I am getting. Edie out. Plant to dear chicks.

Wednesday 15 November Darling & Lennie arrived fr. Germany. I lunch at Mrs Gibson’s 1.30. Darling Maud & Lennie return fr. Germany. Mrs Bryan to fit my day bodice & coat, 11 o’c. Very excellent lunch. Mrs L(illeg), Mrs Miller, Mrs Young, Nonie & self. V. pleasant. Walked to Notting Hill, called on Mrs Messel, Lady Carbutt, in, & had tea with the dear children & 2 Frauleins Lancaster Gate. Called on Mrs Carlisle. 3/- for 2 white heather for Darling & Lennie. Roy out to dinner. Walked home. (page pinned in) Lunch Mrs Gibson. Bread fruit centre scooped out, liqueurs & cherry centre. Small pieces of lobster on daintily arranged salad & tomatoes skinned in halves filled with Russian salad & mayonnaise sauce. Mayonnaise also served apart & delicious (illeg) of soles. Beautifully roasted chicken & gravy carved in french silver dish. Salad & orange ditto served together. Exquisitely done potatoes â la maître d’hotel & beautifully done beans. Cutlets in aspic boiled served on crushed aspic jelly. Delicious sweet of chestnuts looking like chocolate & a sort of rose top of currant sugar & cream in centre. Charming & V. good to eat. Savory little cheese bullets savory. Cheese biscuits & butter. Excellent coffee, cream, milk & liqueur. Fruit, figs oranges apples pears etc, chocolates. All as good as it could be.

Thursday 16 November Emily and Mr Trant & Mrs Gibson dine here 8 o’c. Wet. Morg. out shops, fruit, flowers. X, to Bank, left allotment letter & bankers receipt for £33 for eleven B.A. Gt Southern Ex shrs £10 each, £3 pd on each shre. All calls to be pd fr. Executors account. Carriage here 1 o’c.

Lunched with Darling & remained to tea. She looks so well. Unpacked toys with dear chicks. Carriage home. Fairly nice evg. Roy looked seedy.

Friday 17 November To tea with Mervyn & Ethel to wish them good bye. Darling came & took me at 4 o’c to their hotel, Norfolk Hotel, the Trants there & Mrs Church. Out morg. shop’g.

Saturday 18 November Pouring wet all day, did not go out. Darling sent me some flowers. Busy in Dearest’s room & worked. Roy dined at home. Mabel out. E. managed better & quietly. Roy only came in at 8.20. Riddles etc. Vy pleasant evg.

Sunday 19 November Wet morg. Ethel & Mervyn by 11 train fr. Vic Sta. start for Costabelli. Roy saw them off. Edie & self in om. to Lancaster Gate. Saw Darling & Lennie on way to Church. Saw little Anne in bed, much better, & brought Oliver away in taxi to lunch & tea here. Edie takes him back in taxi.

Monday 20 November Maud, Lennie & Miss Rose Innes to dinner, & Roy in. Out morg. shop’g. rested after luncheon. Mrs Pohl called. To Bank morg. X. Left Argentine Southern Land shrs allotted & fully paid, 12 £1 shrs at £1.10.0 each, namely £18. Bankers receipt on this at Bank.

Tuesday 21 November Edie gave me carnations. Mrs Rooth to lunch 1.30. Out morg. shop’g. Edie to Whiteleys to be photod. Mrs Boughton & Mrs Rooth sang charmingly & Mrs Cornmell sang & recited. Lady Sutton, Mrs Keith & Miss Brown called. Roy dined out. Dear little Anne to get up. Edie to photographers. Flowers fr. Midge. Mrs Rooth brought me roses & Mrs Cornmell violets.

Wednesday 22 November I go with Miss Rose Innes & Lady Heal to Box A St James’ theatre 2.15, Rumplemeyers after to tea. Enjoyed play enormously altho’ plot improbable. Huge box & in good time by Motor bus. Mrs Cox, Chilean lady, also of our party. To Ritz to tea. Saw Mr Villiers. Roy out. Maudie & Oliver came during my absence so sorry to miss them.

Thursday 23 November Morg. out 10.10, at Maud’s 10.30 to fetch Edie. Found Darling very worried, Fraulein ill with bilious attack. Stayed some time with little

Anne after Maud went in carriage, & Ethel Smart with Oliver for walk. Edie & self to lunch with Ada Sp. On to Whiteleys after & to tea at George Brooks. Misses Courtney there. Roy dined out. X. Letter fr. Emma saying she is going to be married.

Friday 24 November Roy for week end to Mrs Lewisohn tonight. I had carriage & to Stores 11.30, & on to lunch with Darling. Only Fraulein & Mad’lle there besides dear chicks. Anne lunched in drawing room & looks much better. Oliver dark round eyes. Miss Gill came to stay with Maudie. Mrs F. Cokayne called. I walked home across Gds at 4 o’c. Edie & self dined alone, she had letter fr. Herbert.

Saturday 25 November Edie & I lunch at Mrs Rooth, Weatherall House, Well Walk, 1.15. Postponed. Addison Rd to Hampstead Heath station, or Thurs. Postponed. Edie away for week end, left at 2 o’c. Morg. out shop’g. met Dr Orton at Barkers. Fitzroy came to tea, looks vy well & seems vy happy at Sandhurst. Alone evg. Put domes of silence on morg. room chair with Emma II. Mabel out.

Sunday 26 November Sp. Ada & Hilda to dinner 8 o’c. Horrible day, c’d not go out. No one called. Vy pleasant evg. Emma II scuttled in late & muddle in consequence, tiresome little person.

Monday 27 November I dine 7.45 at Mrs Kendal’s, alone. Most delightful evg. Taxi 5/. Heilbuts, Morris & Mr Rowe there, exquisite dinner well served & lovely cozy warm rooms. Cheered me v. much. Roy dined here on return fr. Edna May’s, always seems discontented after these visits, & depressed. Mrs Mivart asked me to tea, c’d not go. Edie dined with Roy, she ret’d after week end.

Tuesday 28 November Went at 11.30 with Darling shop’g. Woollands & Bumpus. Met Nurse F. & Gibbs baby. I lunched with Maud & she walked back with me to Argyll Rd. So glad to have her & the darlings alone, only nice Fraulein Rippel & Maud. Lady Spielmann & Nicolas Bosanquet I missed but saw Nellie K. & Sylvenia Rose Innes. Edie & self alone evg. both v. tired.

Wednesday 29 November Lunch with Effie at Lady’s Park Club 32 Knightsbridge, 1.30. Fine. Lovely morg. Paid bills, books again heavy. Felt v. seedy & relaxed throat, had port wine 11 o’c. Walked part way to Effie’s. Fatal mackerel at lunch, felt awfully sick after. Called with Effie on Mrs Stevenson v. amusing but felt so bad. To bed on return. V. sick, temperature, feel wretched all over. Roy out. Edie alone dinner.

Thursday 30 November Edie & self lunch at Mrs Rooth’s 1.15. Unable to go, in bed all day, feel v. seedy & hot & achey. Darlng came 4.30, sent for Dr Croft Hill. To remain in bed slight temperature. Edie called on the Spencers, both in bed. Maud too dear as usual brings sunshine & brightness wherever she goes. Made my room so comfortable & brought flowers. Maud & Lennie dine at Mrs Messel’s. Dr C. Hill came.

Friday 1 December Dr Croft Hill came feeble creature 2nd visit. Fair night. Cold in my head. What next! My darling came to lunch & tea with me which she had served in my room. She seemed well, brought lovely flowers etc etc loaded as usual good things. In bed all day, slight temp, feel v seedy. Lovely having Maud with me & she stayed to tea. Roy out & did not return to dress.

Saturday 2 December Dr Croft Hill came. Darling Maud came to lunch but had to meet Lennie after. Edie read to me. In bed all day. Feel much better but heavy cold still in head, extraordinary sort of old fashioned which comes & goes. Roy out.

Sunday 3 December Dr Hill came 4 o’c. Lovely morg, wet afternoon. Good night. In my room all day but dressed at 12 o’c. Darling came morg. with Lennie. Roy dined with Maud & Lennie. Mr & Mrs Stoker & Mrs Sweeting called. Edie gave them tea for me. Saw only Mrs Stoker for little while in my room. Dr H. used carbolic for my gums.

Monday 4 December Dr Hill came. Lovely after 10 o’c. Edie wrote letters for me after breakfast. Came into drawing room 12 o’c, feel shaky, c’d not resist cleaning about. Dr H. came & did all round my teeth with carbolic acid & acetic acid (illeg) vy slow. Darling came for short time, dear Oliver

better. Maudie took Anne to Dr Goodheart, says she is sound. Most thankful. Roy out. Edie vy tired. Mabel sang evg.

Tuesday 5 December Emma comes to stay. Came, vy glad to have her again. Slept badly. Maudie came with lovely flowers on her way to lunch with Mrs Gibson. Luncheon in bed. Mr Molesworth, Mrs Cornmell & Mrs Spofforth came to tea. Roy out.

Wednesday 6 December Lady Sutton 4 - 6.30. Dr Hill came morg. Had carriage 12 o’c, Emma sat with me whilst I dressed & went for drive with me to Park & past Buckingham Palace. Mrs Bryan came to fit me with stamped velvet. Lady Dewar, Mrs Ledger & Emily Trant & husband came to tea. Roy dined at home, vy down. Emma & self put domes of silence on drawing room chairs.

Thursday 7 December Mrs Bram Stoker comes to tea 5 o’c. Lady Self called, paid her 4/- charity vases. Dear old Emma here vy homey with her in the house, busy doing needlework for me & she sat with me morg & part afternoon. Emma left for her niece’s at 5 o’c. She is to be married on 24th inst. Darling M, Lennie & Roy to dine & theatre with Miss Innes. Vy happy day, feel little better. Ethel played to Emma.

Friday 8 December Mrs Rawlinson at home 4.30. Lovely morg. With Darling at 11.30 in brougham to Woollands, too cold & raw to walk, remained in carriage whilst M. shop’d. Darling looks v. tired wish she had less to see to. Roy went to Cranbourne Ct, & does not go to city until Monday! Caroline kindly helped Emma II with stairs, look v. nice. Worked all afternoon & wrote, no callers. Edie v. tired after Bushey, & no letter fr. Herbert, too bad.

Saturday 9 December Harfield here about Kitchen range, no hot water upstairs. Says boiler choked up. Going to clean out Monday. Morg. walked to Round Pond, cold wind but fine. Ordered apples & bananas at Taylors 1/-. Caroline kindly helping Emma II with drawing room as well as Mabelle. Worked morg. room with Edie after lunch. Darling to Balcombe for day, fear will be vy tired. Roy at Edna May’s, weekend.

Sunday 10 December Wet morg. E. vy late in my room. Awful day, could not go out at all. Roy at Edna May’s (Mrs Lewisohn’s). No one called except my Darling with little Anne on her way home from St Matthias’ Church, greatly impressed with the service. Quiet evg. Edie & self alone.

Monday 11 December Kitchen Range examined by Harfield. Huge hole under boiler, no wonder difficulty with hot water. Must have new boiler, decided Knights, start it tomorrow morg. Cost £6, 10/- cheaper than Harfield’s estimate. With Darling in carriage to Selfridges, Venus’s, & occulist. Lunched with Maudie & dear chicks. Taxi home 1/-. Mrs Carlisle & Mrs Stevenson called. Roy returned & dined out. No kitchen fire or hot water.

Tuesday 12 December Dr Hill came, stayed an hour. Out morg. shop’g. Emily & Mr Trant & Mrs Gibson & Ada Sp. & Winnie came. Feel vy tired & seedy. Men here from Knights doing kitchen boiler. Awful mess & upset. Man from Hartfield doing curtain slides dining room.

Wednesday 13 December Maud called & I was out, her telephone out of order. Roy dined alone with Maud & to Empire after. Out morg shop’g. Mrs Bryan came to fit me velvet dress. Awful mess. Men here doing boiler & found stoppage in pipe. Lovely chrysanthemums fr. Toula. Edie & self late dinner.

Thursday 14 December Out morg. to Hartfields about dining room curtains slides. Vy annoyed men never came as Mabel & I put drawing room ready. X. Men here finishing kitchen boiler & tank. Miss Webster & Mrs Mivart called. Edie to Maud’s. Roy dines at Mrs Pohl’s, met her morg.

Friday 15 December Lovely day early, rained later. Out short time morg. shop’g Sloane St. Ordered black morning blouse 39/6. Ordered André Hugo cheveu £2.2.0! Bought 4 jet buttons at Catts & 2 blotters Jones. Emma & her intended Mr Buckingham came to tea. She looks better & happier. Darling came for a second in a whirl of engagements but ever thoughtful, bless her. Roy dined out. Mabelle took his clothes to Club. Edie & self alone.

Saturday 16 December Out morg. to Bank, saw Mr Richardson, decided to invest the £100 pd. off. X. San Paolo 5% 1898 (dearest’s money) in Buenos Ayres & Pacific

Ord’y in view of fresh issue, at once. Also enquired about Emma’s money Barkers. Edie to Break up at school, out all day. Vy tired. Roy out. Worked & read. Dined 8.30. Edie in late.

Sunday 17 December Walked with Edie to Maud’s, away at Ruth Parker for week end, chicks out. To Spencer’s, & Spencers dine here tonight & Roy. No one called. Did presents. Pleasant evg. mais table pas gentilement arrangée et trop en hôte en retard. Ma chere petite cygne cassée malheur. Sp left late.

Monday 18 December Edie to stores for me. I lunch at Maud’s. Edie at Spencer s & stores shop’g. Roy dines out. Had his clothes sent to club. Delightful luncheon at Maud’s, beautiful cooking. Ris de veau & macaroni, filet of beef & legumes au tour(?), pheasant etc, soles & 3 delicious sweets. Geo Kent, Sp, Mrs J. Cadogan, Mrs (blank) & Gladys. Maud gave me lovely set of furs. Taxi home, walked there.

Tuesday 19 December Walked to Harvey Nichols ordered petticoat 4/6 & fitted with blouse at Vernons £1.19.6. Met Mrs Coward. Ordered Emma’s wedding cake 10/6 & bottle of whiskey 3/6. Contract note fr. Bank of purchase of £100 B.A. Pacific Ord Stk at 100 ½ in place of San Paolo 5% pd of Dearest’s 1st Jan 1918. Lady Spielmann, Gerald Ryan & Hilda & Sylvenia Rose Innes & Gladys C. called. Edie & self alone evg.

Wednesday 20 December Darling Maud came, going to Three Arts Ball, Albert Hall, she went as Mrs Sheridan. Sent back my presents by her. She looks tired, fear overdoing herself. Edie with her all day. Packed with Mabel who managed vy nicely, being so neat & tidy. Roy dressed at home, dined at Harold’s. Dear Edgar sent me case of 50 Vittel bottles, awfully kind of him. Mr Trent & the Evans boys came after tea, Maudie here same time.

Thursday 21 December Had all ready to go Leweston today & decided to go tomorrow as no one there, wired Briscoe. Edie left 4 o’c. Darling came round with little Linley, much grown, looks very well. Roy dining with Tabs Claridges, dressed club, to theatre after. Evie ill. Mabel out evg 6 o’c only.

Friday 22 December Leweston. I go to Leweston by 1 o’c train. Shakespears going by same train, taking Mabel with me. Great confusion new Waterloo Sta. &

difficulty in getting place, was in comp’t with 4 men smoking & one lady! Changed Templecombe ½ an hours wait, pouring rain. Came in Motor with Shakespears. Tabs, H. Fitzroy & 2 boys came by later train. Pleasant evg. Played Bridge with H. & boys till 11 o’c. Find Mabel attentive & manages v. nicely.

Saturday 23 December Wrote. Good night. To Sherborne in Motor, took Mabel & did shop’g for Tabbie & took her presents to Castle. Saw Gwen & Mr John Digby who asked me to remain to lunch, afraid to keep car. Played bridge with H, Fitzroy & Gareth after dinner. Bed 11 o’c. Tabs has bad cold.

Sunday 24 December Lovely morg. Vy wet underfoot or would have gone with the 5 men to Church, no motor out. Wrote all morg with Tabs. Walked after lunch with Olive. Letters fr Darling Maud & Roy. Quiet evg, no cards. H & Mr Shakespear for long walk. Gareth & Fitzroy to Castle, remained to dinner & were not home till 11 o’c.

Monday 25 December Lovely morg, warm. Boys to Church & Olive & Dorothy. Read my sevice in Loggia end of Cypress walk with sun pouring in. Hamilton & Mr Shakespear to Anchorage 11 o’c & ret’d in time for late tea. Boys gave me 2 charming scent bottles, Tabs a woollen shawl most useful. My Darling & Lennie furs, etc etc, & the dear chicks black silk bag & pincushion. Very happy day & evg. Dear Roy gave me lovely set of reference books.

Tuesday 26 December Dull & raining hard. Went at 10.45 with Hamilton in Motor to Meet Sherborne where H’s hunters met him. Vy pretty sight & great crowd in spite of rain. Freddy looking vy nice & smart. Dora in cart with Simon. Asked me to lunch Thurs & (illeg). Decorated Tree on return, 86 children & parents to tea etc at 3.30. Played Bridge after dinner. Fitz accident hunting, all 3 boys hunted.

Wednesday 27 December Fitzroy’s ankle dressed! Dull morg. Not slept so well last 2 days no walk. Letters yesterday fr. Marie, not happy & left her nursing home. Letters fr. Darling, & Sp. fr Bruxelles etc etc. In all morg rained. Mr John Digby to lunch, greatly amused us with funny stories & travels, memory like my Dearest’s, marvellous. Walked after round Pk with Tabs & Olive. Gareth, Fitz & Dorothy dined at Castle. No Bridge Mr S. sang.

Thursday 28 December Dull morg. Slept better. Olive & Husband left by 11 train. Tabs, Dorothy & self for walk. Doctor came to see Tabs, not to go out until Sunday. Unable to lunch at Castle on account of motor. Mr & Mrs McGowall came for the night, arrived before tea. Boys shooting. H. & Fitz to Bournemouth. Bridge evg. Won.

Frday 29 December Came up fr. Leweston by 1.53 train with Mabel. Fitzroy saw us off. Travelled in same carriage with Mr John Digby 2nd class. Saw Roy on return just off to Cranbourne Court, Edna May’s! Business bad, am not astonished as work impossible with late nights. Dined alone. Miss Emma v. much, but maids v. kind & attentive. Bed early. Fear Emma II hopeless.

Saturday 30 December Slept fairly well only. Paid Caroline books. Pas contente com. la maison a eté tenu dans mon absence. Je verai si c’est mieux avec trois. La belle laisse tout à faire par les autres. Roy’s clock broken!!! Came to Balcombe by 4.20. H. & Nonie same train. Mabel saw me off at Victoria. Ellie, Mrs Gibson, H. & Nonie & Mr Marriott here. Darling well vy busy with fancy dress ball on Monday here, Arabian Nights Ball.

Sunday 31 December Very foggy morg. Warm. Slept well. Roy spending week end with Mr Stern. Vy busy all day getting ready for “Arabian Nights” dance here on Monday. To Church with little Anne, walked after with Ellie. Mr Marriott, Mr Forrester, Ellie, Harold & Nonie & Gladys Crozier house party. Sat up to see the New Year in, drank dear Roy’s health. Mr & Mrs Booth here to dinner. Poker after. Miss my Darling Linley more then ever.

(Notes on back pages of diary)

From Lennie included in this.

Received fr. Trust 1909 £ 413. 5. 8 ditto fr. Private ac’t 443. 9. 3 1909 £ 856.14.11

of this Lennie gave me £62.

Received fr. Trust 1910 410. 3. 1 Ditto Private ac’t 1910 388.10. 6 1910 £ 799. 3. 7

From Lennie 1910 250. 0. 0 From Trust & private ac’t 799. 3. 7 Total £ 1049. 3. 7

1911 Received fr. Trust £ 411. 4. 0 Private 402.17. 2 £ 814. 1. 2

From Dearest’s estate?

1909

Trust Private Together Jan 49. 8. 0 31. 1. 1 80. 9. 1 Feb 52. 5. 8 41. 9. 1 93.14. 8 Mar 19. 0. 0 54. 4. 8 73. 4. 8 April 41. 1. 4 34. 8. 6 75. 9.10 May - - - 65. 6. 3 65. 6. 3 June 45. 7.10 16. 5. 7 61.13. 5 July 49. 9. 1 32.10. 6 81.19. 7 Aug 51.15. 9 9.17. 7 61.13. 6 Sep 18.16. 8 41.10. 4 60. 7.10 Oct 40.18. 6 55. 6. 8 96. 5. 2 Nov - - - 42.16.11 42.16.11 Dec 45. 2.10 18.12. 0 63.14.10 £ 413. 5. 8 443. 9. 3 £ 856.15.11

Lennie made me out of above £62

Monthly Received during 1910

Trust Private Total Jan 49. 4. 9 33.14. 6 82.19. 3 Feb 51.11.11 32. 7. 8 83.18. 9 Mar 18.16. 8 37. 2.10 55.19. 6 Apl 40. 9.11 53. 8. 0 93.17.11 May - - - 11. 7. 6 11. 7. 6

Jun 45. 3.10 17.11. 2 62.15. 0 Jly 48.19. 4 37. 6.10 86. 6. 2 Aug 51.11. 1 26. 0. 0 77.11. 1 Sep 18.16. 8 33. 3. 7 52. 0. 3 Oct 40.14. 9 65.15. 0 106. 9. 9 Nov - - - 11. 7. 6 11. 7. 6 Dec 45. 5. 0 29. 6. 9 74.11. 9 £ 411. 3. 1 £ 88.11. 4 £ 799.14. 5

From Trust 1911

Jan Argentine Gt Western 18.16. 8 Antofagasta 6.11.10 Cent Uraguay 23.10.10 January £ 49. 4.11

February Gt. Western Brazil 28. 5. 0 Peebles 23. 6. 1 February £ 51.11.10

March Cordoba & Rosario 18.16. 8

April Brit. North Arctic Coy 21. 3. 9 Local Loans 5. 5 Illinois Cent. 19. 5. 6 April £ 40.14. 8 May nil June Canadian Pacific 23.10.10 Lehigh Valley 21.14. 2 June £ 45. 5. 0

July Argentine Gt Western 18.16. 8 Antofagasta 6.11.10 Local Loans 5. 5 Central Uraguay 25.10. 9 July £ 49. 4. 9

Trust account £ s d August Peebles sons 23. 6. 1 Gt Western Brazil 28. 5. 0 August £ 51.11. 1

September Cordoba & Rosario £ 18.16. 8

October British & North Atlantic 21. 3. 9 Local Loans 5. 5 Illinois Central 19. 5. 6 October £ 40.14. 8

Nov nil Dec Canadian Pacific 23.10.10 Lehigh Valley 21.13. 1 December £ 45. 8.11

Private ac’t 1911 £ s d

Balance from 1910 95.18. 3 January Cent Arg.Rly 1.17. 8 B.A. Pacific 5. 9 B.A. Pacific 8. 0. 1 B.A.Western 4. 5. 2 B.A. Gt Southern 7.10. 8 Japan 4% 1.17. 8 Japan 4½ % 4. 4. 9 Mexican Lt.Power 4.16. 7 January £ 34.10. 6

Febry B.A. Pacific 13. 2 Chinese 2. 7. 1 Robinson Gold 10.11.10 Gt Eastern Rly 4. 4. 9 Chinese 6% (sold) 2.16. 6 City B.A. Trains 9. 5 Hill & Barnsley 8.10. 1 Midland 10. 1. 0 February £ 39. 3.10

March Furniss 1. 3. 7 Chinese 4½% 2. 2. 4 Cuban 5% 12. 2. 2 Japan 5% 2. 7. 1 Waihi 7.12. 0 3½ % P & O Steam 4.18.11 £ 30. 6. 1

March £ s d continued 1911 30. 6. 1 Sons of Gualia 6. 3 Interest on deposit 2.17. 4 Glas. South West 2.16. 4 March £ 36. 6. 0

April Cordoba Rly 1.17. 8 Brazil Lloyd 2. 7. 1 Barker 1. 3 New York Central 1. 4. 3 B.A. Gt Southern 30. 1. 9 B.A. Western Rly 1.17. 8 April £ 37. 9. 8

May Buenos Ayres Pacific 2. 8. 7 Cent Argentine 18.17.7 New York Telephone 8. 9. 6 City B.A. Trains 9. 5 May £ 30. 5. 1

June Waihi Gold 5.14. 0 Sons of Gualia 6. 3 Nat Rly of Mexico 4. 6.10 Interest on deposit 1.18. 2 June £ 12. 5. 3

July Cent Arg. Rly 1.17. 8 B.A. Pacific 8.10. 1 £ 9.17. 9

July £ s d continued Private ac’t 9.17. 9 B.A.Pacific 8. 8 Western B. Ayres 4. 2. 2 B. Ayres Gt Southern 7. 0. 8 City B. Ayres 5% (new) 9. 8. 4 Japan 4% 1.17. 8 Japan 4½ 4. 4. 9 New York Central 1. 4. 3 Mexican Lt & Power 9.13. 0 July £ 48.10. 3

August Chinese Imp 2. 7. 1 B.A.Pacific 13. 3 Robinsons Gold 10.11.10 Gt Eastern Rly 2. 2. 4 City B.A. Trams 9. 5 Interest on deposit nil -- -Midland 7.12. 6 Hull & Barnsley 3.15. 4 August £ 27.11. 8

September Furniss 7. 1 Cuban 12. 2. 2 Chinese 2. 3. 5 P & O Navigation 4.18.11 Waihi 3.16. 0 Japan 2. 7. 1 Interest deposit 1. 8. 7 Sep £ 27. 2. 3

Private ac’t £ s d Sep forward 27. 2. 3 Glasgow S. Western 2.16. 4 Sons Gualia 6. 3 Sep £ 30. 4.10

October Cordoba united 1.17. 8 Lloyd Brazil 2. 7. 1 Barker 8 New York Central 1. 4. 3 B.A. Western 2. 7. 1 Cent Argentine Rly 24. 7. 9 B.A. Gt. Southern 39.19.11 October £ 70. 5. 4

November New York Telephone 8. 9. 6 B. Ayres Pacific 3. 0. 5 Gt. Northern Rly 3. 7. 6 City B.A. Trams 9. 5 November £ 15.16.10

Dec Argt. Southern Ltd 3. 0. 0 Waihi Gold 3.16. 0 Coupé Coy 8. 3.10

Sons of Gualia 6. 3 Nat. Rly Mexico 4. 6. 8 Interest deposit 1. 5. 2 Dec £ 20.17.11

1911

Trust Private Total £. s. d £ s d £ s d 41. 4. 9 34.10. 6 J. 83.15. 3 51.11.10 39. 3.10 F. 90.15. 8 18. 6. 8 36. 6. 0 M. 78. 4. 4 40.14. 8 37. 9. 8 A. 78. 4. 4 -- -- 30. 5. 1 M. 30. 5. 1 45. 5. 0 12. 5. 3 J. 57.10. 3 49. 4. 9 48.10. 3 J. 97.14. 0 51.11. 1 27.11. 8 A. 79. 2. 9 18.16. 8 30. 4.10 S. 49. 1. 6 40.14. 8 70. 5. 4 O. 110.10. 0 -- -- 15. 6.10 N. 15. 6.10 45. 3.11 20.17.11 D. 66. 1.10 £411.4. 0 £ 402.17. 2 £ 814. 1. 1

Start 1911 on deposit £ 510.0.0 Lennie gave me £400 invested in 5% City of Buenos Ayres Bonds on February 6th 1911 Invested £200 of current ac’t money in Mexican Lt. & Power 5% gold Bonds. limit 95. 10th Feby. Paid £96 for £100. Feby 13th. Placed in current ac’t the £85 owed me fr. my Dearest’s estate, could not use it, & invested it in in Mex. Lt. Power 5% as above.

Paid to London County Westminster Bk. 10th April £10, being £2 on 5. £10 shrs. allotted in Cent Arg. Rly.

Pd by L.C. & Westminster Bank July 10th £25 call on 5 allotted £10 shrs in Cent Ag. Rly, making £35 pd on £50.

Bought 10 shares at 139¼ per 5 shrs Great Northern U.S.A. pref Railway. Total with com. £279.5. 0, 16th August.

(page pinned in) Nov 16th 1911. Paid to Glyn Mills Currie & Coy for 12 allotted £1 shares at 10/- prem £18 in Argentine Southern Land Shrs to be

paid 24th Nov. The Banker’s receipts & allottment letter taken to Bank by self 20th Nov. 1911.

(page pinned in) Mexican Lt Power £ 182. 0. 0 Cent Argt 33. 0. 0 Gt Northern U.S.A 279. 0. 0 B.A. Gt Southern 33. 0. 0 Jardins Botanica 199. 0. 0 £ 726.0. 0

1911. 19th Dec. Bought thro’ Bk £100 ord stock of B.A. Pacific at 100 in place of £100 San Paulo 5% Debs paid off 1st Jan 1912.

(page pinned in) Bought 16th August 1911 £200 Rio de Janiero Tramways (Jardin Botanique) 5% mortgage Bonds at 99 ½ with com. £199.11.0 & £200 Great Northern Pref. (U.S.A.) at £139 ¼ with com. £279.5.0. Total 279. 5. 0 199.11. 0 £ 478.16. 0 of this £310 fr. deposit account & remainder viz £168.16. 0 fr. my current & executor’s account. This leaves £200 on deposit.

Roy’s stocks to be sold April 12th 1911 24 shrs London County Bk at £1 504. 0. 0 50 Pref. stock Merchants at 95 712.10. 0 30 Pref Rickards Cockerell 3 90. 0. 0 400 B(?) Debs Baltic mercantile 100 400. 0. 0 160 7% Pref. stk Cent Argt. Rly 158 252.16. 0 500 3½ % Second Deb pro 86 430. 0. 0 400 Pref (illeg) 1¼ 425. 0. 0 250 Millers Kassel 1½ 330. 0. 0 400 Sk United Rly 80 320. 0. 0 450 First Pref Watney Combe Reed 60 270. 0. 0 400 Hungarian 4% 94 376. 0. 0 593 Russian 4% 94¼ 565.10. 0 540 Japanese 4% 91¼ 492.13. 6 300 Finland 4 ½ % 99 297. 0. 0

These altered April 13th 1911

Mrs Hargreaves (miniature) 22 Moss Lane, Churchtown, Southport Mervyn: Risso de Oro, Puerto, Oratera, Teneriffe Toula: Arcis strasse 33, Munchen, Deutchland Window cleaner & odd man rec’d by Mrs Mivart:

H. Ritchings, 20 Elthiron Rd, Parsons Green, Fulham S.W. Rugg, House Decorators, 165 Earls Court Rd, & Simmonds, 118 Cromwell Rd. Daisie Jackson Markham, Harland Hall, Chesterfield(?) Mrs du Maurier, 2 Portman Mansions Conrad Cooke Spencer Major Welman Mrs Evans, 121 Gipsy Hill, Upper Norwood Mrs Marton Lapham, Hollow Dene, Frensham, Farnham Lady Margaret Watney, Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxfordshire Spencer, 23 Devonshire Street, Portland Place Fitzroy, Royal Military College, Camberley Sir James Whitehead, Wilmington Manor, Dartford Thomsons Model Laundry, Hammersmith Marion Todd, Sydenham, Babbacombe Rd, Torquay Lady Gilbert, Grim’s Dyke, Harrow Weald Mrs Bryan (dresses) 26 Biscay Rd, Hammersmith Mrs Bosanquet, Woodlands, Harefield Mrs St John Ackers, Huntley Manor, Gloucester.