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Thursday 16 March Lovely day but cold wind. Maud & self walked to Croisette, too windy to remain & met Mr Goring, told him of Muriel’s illness. (page pinned in) Thurs 16th March. Mr M. dreadfully depressed, awful at dinner, all right after talking to Lady Bissett. Just like Muriel takes no trouble to rouse himself, utterly selfish. After dinner sat by the French lady, we all sat together. Bed. Maudie thank heaven well so far. Wrote Roy, Emma & Mrs Evans.

Friday 17 March Lovely day, but v. cold wind. Maudie seems seedy rather but had good night. I sat out fr. 10 till 11 when we took Motor to Clarks & got our tickets complete. M. bought pins & presents. Met Mr Geilgud. Packed after lunch & had tea in our rooms. Dr M. came & saw Maud who has temperature & seems nervous & excitable, went to bed, & I went alone to dine with the Messels. M. had charming letter fr. Lady Frederick Fitzroy. Cinematograph. Sat with M. after dinner. (page pinned in) 17th March, Friday. Feel vy anxious about her. Has fire in her room. Decided to have Doctor tomorrow, trust may not need him. Muriel going on well. Maud’s temp 102 & pulse 104.

Saturday 18 March Dull morg, colder. Maud, Kirton & I leave Cannes by 3.30 train D.V. Maudie fair night & temp down below 100. Got up at 2.10 & went to her room, she seemed asleep peacefully. Woke many times during night but afraid to disturb her by going in. Got hot milk 7.30 & Kirton made Maud some tea & she seems better & no fears, eyes heavy. Mrs M. came to see her early. Finished our packing comfortably & wrote to Mervyns. Said goodbye to Dennys & Fairs & sat when dressed in Hall. Kirton & Mr M’s man with our luggage to Station & had it registered for Charing X. (page pinned in) Saty March 18th. M. & I in Mr M’s motor to Station with Dr M who sat in waiting room with us after buying papers. Mrs M joined us & saw us off. Russian in Holland & blue trowsers & the Russian high boots & astrakan cap or toque, & a dagger stuck across front of his waist belt, fine looking man. No trouble whatever with luggage or own sleeping places. Country looked & is beautiful. We had coffee & dined on train & settled in early. Darling slept badly but I well, poor K. v. unwell. So far most comfortable. Lady Bissett talked some time to Maud before leaving Hotel, pretty young looking woman with daughter of 21 more like her sister, & little daughter engaged to a Naval officer. She gave Maud cinnamon lozenges. We have had a delightful 3 weeks & 3 days in a beautiful country, v. comfortable Hotel & glorious weather &

yet one is glad to be turning towards Home again, & thankful my darling is well enough to travel, felt so anxious about her.

Sunday 19 March Maudie slept only fairly well, I vy well & K. also. Lovely morg. Had bad & dear coffee at Laroche 5.58 & again at Paris 9.81. Little butter. Saw the Fairs & gave her her clock left behind, also Mrs Hudson. Lunched in train 11.15, fairly good lunch. Would advise carrying ones own food, little of it travelling. V. comfortable journey to Dover. Lovely cabin but awful scrimmage at Dover, terribly afraid of Maud who looks pulled down by fever of Friday night. (page pinned in) Sunday 19th March. After great trouble got our places in train, 400 passengers on board & three Boat trains leaving, we got 2nd train. Felt sad leaving my darling, Roy & Lennie met us & Lennie took Maud off at once afraid of her getting overdone, & Roy & I came home in Taxie. Berringer sent me my 2 boxes & holdall by cab, cost 5/6 all together. Roy & I dined at home, all looked bright, & sat in drawing room after. Certain propositions about partnership for Roy but uncertainty of money, must talk it over with Lennie & Fritz. Several tiresome legal affairs, seem never ending over Lin’s small estate. Bed 10 o’c.

Monday 20 March Mrs Evans to stay. Slept well. Fine day. Dust drawing room, unpacked with Marie morg. M darling Maud came loaded with flowers & all sorts of things, looks v. white. She w’d arrange flowers for me dear little thing but not remain luncheon. Emma has made carpet cleaned into 2 v. nice rugs, & hot water cover & mats for drawing morning & my bedroom (illeg) look v. nice. X. Mrs Evans came to stay, arr. 5 o’c. Roy dined with Dora. Mrs Keating called 5.15. Sent Marie to Mrs Bradbury about my Darling’s drawing for Shepherds Bush Exhibition.

Tuesday 21 March Dull foggy morg. Morg to Tax collector, after papers there. To Barkers & to Bank. Saw Mr Richardson, will arrange Executor ac’t. With Mrs Evans walked across Gardens to Maudie, remained to luncheon. Carriage brought us back. Maudie fairly well. Dear little Anne & Oliver with Fraulein to tea, also Eve Bosanquet & Lady Miller to tea. Roy dined with us evg, came home too late to dress, object to his not dressing v. much.

Wednesday 22 March Lady Pontifax, Mrs Rhodes, Mrs Sington called. Fine day. Out at 10.40 with Mrs Evans to order Times, Evg paper, Observer & Referee at Picknells, Earls Court Rd. To School of Needlework, saw Garter Banners

for coronation. Woman with air balls in omnibus looked ill. Called at Mrs Silver’s house, nurse left. To Mr Mayne Tax collectors. Met Archdeacon Brooks & wife. At 4 o’c called with Mrs Evans at Mrs Turners, saw her, & to tea at Lady Romer’s, taxi 1/-, back in bus & to see Cinematograph, not bad. Marie out, after helping me get drawers fr. my Dearest’s room. Roy out to dinner, in early, seems bright.

Thursday 23 March Mr L. Bradbury comes to select drawings of dear Lin’s for Exhibition at Shepherds Bush. Came & I showed him some & gave him 2 lists to look thro’. Mrs E. & I went after to Barkers & Harrods & paid tax 6/9 for stable, part payment as it is no longer mine. Mr Gwyer has bought remainder of lease. Emma spoke to me about being with her brother-inlaw, cannot bear idea even of parting. Hope she will remain. To call Dora in my darling Maud’s carriage & to Mrs Keith’s & to tea with my Maud who has to remain in bed for a month, seen Dr Bevan who insists on proper rest. (page pinned in) 23 March. Am convinced it is most necessary & feel happier now she is being looked after. To be massaged twice a day & have a nurse. Gillie was with her & she is to be kept very quiet. Shall see Dr Bevan & ask what he thinks of her. Only remained short time. Roy dined out, dressed here. Mrs E. remained in all afternoon, rain & dull, colder. 2 tons of best Silverstone coals in, 27/- a ton.

Friday 24 March My darling Maud lunches here. Unable to come, is to remain in bed one month & have a nurse. So thankful she is to be made to rest, felt for a long while she has needed great care. Spoke to Dr Bevan by telephone, only absolute rest needed, & massage. Marie & self 2 hours in Dearest’s room, did a good deal one shelf, put all hats caps etc in cupboard outside & cleaned window, good day’s work. Rested after lunch. Mrs E. to see Salting collection. Mrs Pollock to tea. After I walked to Taveners & sent small azalea to my darling Maud, walked back. Roy dined at Harold’s. (page pinned in) Friday 24 March. Sent off cheque £1.10.0 for Fire Insurance on House & £578.18.6 for Mortgage on house, pd off entirely. V. heavy legal expenses of £10.10.0. Sent these to Lee Pemberton. Hope soon all settled in Dearest’s estate. Maudie to be kept vy quiet so did not go as Mrs Hohler was with her.

Saturday 25 March V. v. bitterly cold. N.E. wind, squalls. With Marie for one hour in Dearest’s room, did another block of books. At 12 o’c out shop’g. Mr & Mrs Reed unable to dine with us tomorrow. £2 self exb’n. Roy took Dora to lunch Savoy & to Sports after, had to call for fur coat, bitterly cold. I

walked at 4 o’c to Lady Hickman’s where I had tea. The dear old lady well & Lillie with her. On to Darling Maud, in bed but looks fatter & much better already. Lennie there. Dear chicks well. Gladys C. had tea with Maud (page pinned in) Sat 25th March. She ought to be kept quiet. I returned by bus, got flowers at Strudwicks for darling, 4/-. Roy dined with Lennie, to “Follies” after. Mrs Evans to see Miss Dickens & she & I dined alone & sat in morg. room after, warm there. Cold awful & wind v. high. Mary to Sp. to ask them to dinner tomorrow. Sp, Douglas & Hylda coming, Ada in bed with gout. Vy pleased with these 2 days, feel we are making progress in my Dearest’s room, thanks to Mrs Evans scolding & advice.

Sunday 26 March Bitterly cold & blizzard still going. Roy not down when Mrs Evans & I went to St George’s, tiresome sermon. Sp. here on our return. Mrs Evans to concert Albert Hall after luncheon. Roy to Queens Club until nearly 8 o’c, looks tired & seedy, wish he would take more care of himself. No one called. Spencer, Douglas & Hylda to dinner, rather dull party. Sp. has more life & go in him than the young ones, & Mrs Evans also. Lennie called at tea time, leaves for Ireland Friday.

Monday 27 March Dreadful morg, cold damp & squally. Spent one hour with Marie in my Dearest’s room, made good progress. Had Game 2/-. To Dora’s, 3 Saville Row, where I lunched with her & Paul. D. looking v. handsome. Tommy exactly like Paul. Drove with them to Heals in Maud’s carriage & to Nembhards after, saw Fanny & May, then to Lady M. Watney, saw her & Mrs Buller. Seemed v. pleased to see me. On to my darling’s where she is still in bed & looked tired & thinner. Had tea with her. Lennie came up as I was leaving. Roy dined out. Mrs E. & I alone dinner.

Tuesday 28 March Darling Maud to dentist. Mrs Evans left by 11 o’c train. Marie & self spent a good hour in my Dearest’s room, feel making headway there. X. To Bank at 12.30 for list of my securities for the £5000 needed for Roy for his partnership with Mr Pohl. Roy looked for Offices. Mrs Beale, Mrs Rhodes, Blanche Paul, Nellie, Mrs Spofforth called. Was v. weak in speaking of darling Lin to Mrs Rhodes. Roy dined with me evg. Wish he had more energy. Vy late to business & late hours make me anxious.

Wednesday 29 March Letter fr. darling Maud who seems better for imposed rest, trust she will have patience & carry out Doctor’s instructions. Dixon fr. Nash here X.

Cleaned out cistern, boiler, saw to water dripping outside lavatory, & tap fish tank. Marie & self for 1½ hrs in my dearest’s room doing books. Had Maud’s carriage 3.30 to Sir John Tenniel’s, stayed some time. Seems well & cheerful. To my darling for tea, looks better. Stayed till 6 o’c. Roy out to dinner.

Thursday 30 March Mr Stern ret’d fr. abroad last evg. Roy dined out & was late in coming home & late morg. Marie v. seedy, but we did an hours cleaning out shelves in Dearest’s room, & I dusted it after, begins to look better. To Notting Hill surveyor about House Assessment. Benions here morg about work. Rested after lunch. Roy dines at home at 7 o’c. My securities came last night, only £8000, yet pay nearly £400 a year! in muddley investments, dear Lin’s much better invested. Mrs Bosanquet’s doll’s house arrived Lancaster Gate for Anne. Chicks delighted, a real beauty, v. large.

Friday 31 March X. My darling & party start for Ireland. Mrs Bosanquet to tea & Nicolas & Ellie Ritchie & Mrs Reed. Spent 1½ hrs in Dearest’s room with Marie morg, finished top shelf all but last books! V. tired. Hurried to Maud, walked across Pk there, & back to lunch. Sat with her an hour v. happy. No rest after lunch! Visitors. Roy dined at home 7.30 & went to Paddington to see dear Maud & chicks & Lennie off to Ireland.

Saturday 1 April Wire fr. darling Maud arrived at Warrens Court safely. Oxford & Cambridge Boat race, Oxford won. List of dearest Lin’s investments fr. Solicitor, shall have an awful bill there. Worked 1½ hrs with Marie in Dearest’s room, getting on well & it looks more itself. After to Bank about dear Lin’s Securities. £5000 wanted for Roy’s partnership. Sat in Gardens after. Rested an hour. Worked & read, & Herbert to tea. Wants to go to Australia again. Asked Mr & Mrs Graham Keith & Mrs Gibson for tomorrow, cannot come. Sp. coming. Roy to Boat Race, dined out.

Sunday 2 April Spencer dines with us. Pouring wet morning. In all day. Wrote, read & rested. Evie came to tea, told me of Nellie Grant née Grosvenor husband being bankrupt, she secretary to a Grosvenor, & about young Fisher Rowe proposing to a girl Tues & being married Saty same week, one night married & joined his ship! Vy cosy evg. Sp vy lively.

Monday 3 April Fine. A model called who had not heard of my Dearest’s death. Marie & self busy in Dearest’s room, gradually getting clear. Marie washed out top part. I walked to Barkers 10.30, & Palace Gds home. Marie & self did the 5 drawings, took them out of frames to put fresh paper at back for Mr Bradbury. Gladys came & caught us. Roy dined out. Letter fr. darling Maud. Only finished pictures at 10 o’c P.M.

Tuesday 4 April Fanny & May Nembhard lunch with me at 1.30. 11.30 apt. Mr Smith. Postponed until tomorrow. Bitterly cold, snow. Marie & I worked for an hour in Dearest’s room. All shelves now in order & clean, & Marie emptied the 2 green globes of acid in yard. Went out 12 o’c bought flowers, fruit & cream cheese 3/6, stamps 1/-. Very pleasant luncheon, they left 4 o’c & Mrs Sington & Winnie came to tea. Roy dined at home & went thro’ Lin’s & my securities. My room lovely with flowers.

Wednesday 5 April Water Board man. Snow thick on houses & lovely sun. V. cold. Snow melting fast 9 o’c. Letter fr. my darling last evg. Seems better & happy in Ireland & dear little Oliver eating better. Salmon from Lennie. An hour morg. in dear Lin’s room with Marie. X. At ¼ to 11 to Solicitor, cab there & back 4/6. Advises Roy £5000 for Partnership. Ethel E. came, saw her. To tea with Mrs Gibson. Roy dines at home, out after. Bitter day & night, frost & glacial cold.

Thursday 6 April Did 2 picture frames with Marie for L. Bradbury. Little Linley & Nurse F. lunch & we 3 go to “Follies” after. Bitterly cold. Mary out. Went by Taxi to “Follies” 2/8. Our 3 tickets 12/, program 6d. Met Mr Forrester & Gladys who sat in same places as ourselves. Fairly good performance. After little Linley & Nurse F. went in taxi to Mrs Messel’s & I ret’d in Omnibus 3d. Roy dined with me. Went thro’ securities & marked those to be sold. Little Linley much grown. Bitterly cold.

Friday 7 April Six of dearest Lin’s drawings fetched by Mr L. Bradbury’s man yesterday for Shepherds Bush Exhibition. Bitterly cold still. Worked hard in Dearest’s room with Marie. Out 12 o’c Kensington only for walk, too tired. After lunch rested & Mrs Gibson & Nonie Messel called. Mr & Mrs Messel returned fr. abroad (Cannes) Wed night with Muriel & went to their new house. I called & sat an hour with Mrs Marcus Stone, felt v. sad, reminded me of dear old times. Met Mrs Guthrie’s sister & Brenda

Coward. Roy dined at home, out after, looks seedy. Letter fr. Maudie, says she feels better.

Saturday 8 April Morg. in dearest’s room with Marie, moved “Tall Boy” drawers out first, awfully dirty behind! Got on splendidly. To Harrods 12 o’c om, bought Easter eggs 6/2, sent them to Ireland for Maudie & chicks. Met Dr O. in bus returning. Barkers, chose pigeons, & fruit at Butts 4/6. Called & asked Mrs Spofforth to tea. Her house looking charming repainted. Lady M. Watney to tea v. amusing & Mrs Spofforth, & Rosalind came in later. Roy in great hurry as usual, dined out Mr Pollock. Mr Stern rang for him telephone.

(Page pinned in) To my beloved daughter Maud Frances Messel in affectionate rememberance of her unselfish love & devotion during my own & her dear father’s long illness I bequeath absolutely the half of money I have saved. By my dear Father’s will she is entitled to one half of the money I have from him which is in Trust. My brother Major Edgar Herapath D.S.O. & my old friend Frederick Huth Jackson being my Trustees.

(Page pinned in) See to Silver & jewellery. Will look thro’ Bank silver. Leave instructions wardrobe & personal linen. Toula, Emma, Edie, Herbert. Spencer, Edgar, Mervyn. Special to Edgar. Lennie. Little Linley, Anne, Oliver. Dear Roy . Keys where to be found etc. Put all straight & in order. My darling Maud.

(Page pinned in) Nellie K’s story of man & wife’s 3rd marriage & bath incident! Wife informed butler. Midge’s: “Yes sir, quite well up to Tuesday”. Nellie K’s £5 note story, girl in train etc. Sophy’s butler wrote her after she had ordered some veal “Madam, Having met with a calf, I am sending you a vy nice fillet of Veal! Yrs etc.” (Page pinned in) No 8 Box, John Bull’s coat. No 9, Hoods & smocks. No 10, Two Austrian uniforms. No 14, shawls properties & Britannia clothes. D, boots. F, Roy’s. 12, Roy’s. 13, Roy’s. Ask E. about Boots.

(Cutting pinned in) Letter to The Times re Mr Linley Sambourne & Punch.

Sunday 9 April Harold & Nonie dine here. Vy pleasant evg. Dear Fritz Jackson to tea with me. Came 5.45 remained some time, looks well but older. Wretched

morg. Walked to & from Christ Church Vic. Rd to hear Prebendary Carlile, less impressed by him than at Cannes. Wrote after luncheon & short rest. Roy played billiards at Queens Club & won by 100 points, has to play again for final. Marie & self did 2 pictures after dinner, cleaned & gilded!

Monday 10 April Lunch 1.30 Lady Margaret Watney’s. Letter fr. darling Maud, with funny story of Anne & Linley! Had 2 hrs with Marie in Dearest’s room, did “Tall Boy” looks much better. Just time to go by bus to Berkeley St. Lady M. in bed but Vernon, Sylvia, Oliver, Mad’lle & Rosalind to luncheon. V. lively. Sat with Lady M. who showed me bridesmaid’s dress, veil & tiara & gold purse etc etc. Walked & called on Mr Reid (Peter) sat some time with him. Had tea with Mrs Warrington Hayward & left cards Mrs Thelfall, & called at Mrs Messel’s. Sat with them & went over their charming house with Mr M. Taxie home. Roy dined with me, went out after.

Tuesday 11 April X. Paid £10 to L.C. &W. Bank allotment of 5 Cent Arg £10 shrs. Roy to Solicitor about £5000. Vy tired on waking. One & half hours in my Dearest’s room with Marie, getting on splendidly. Susie à Beckett came morg, had long talk with her, her boys doing well. Herself well off! Only Mrs Felton (Mary Hickman) called. Lovely day. Roy dined out. I dined in drawing room. Marie & I finished two pictures & put them up. A great success. Vy neatly done by Marie.

Wednesday 12 April Lovely morg. Slept well. Wish dear Roy would give more time & thought to serious things, work etc, always in a hurry bad for his health nerves & work. Hard at work in Dearest’s room. At 12.30 to Bank only £68 vy little to carry me on till June. Only £11! coming in next month. Obliged to take up above Cent Arg. Shs, too good to lose. Sat in gardens & walked home with Miss Neaves, always amusing. Rested & wrote & worked afternoon & evg. Letter fr. my darling, better. Roy dined at Mr Pohl’s. Marie read to me 9-10. (page pinned in) Wed 12th April 1911. Mary out, her father v. ill. Roy & I signed paper from Mr Smith sanctioning the sale of £5000 stocks, & more for Roy’s £150 etc, & Solicitors expenses, £200, enormous. Leaves v. little capital, over £5000 for division. Roy home early from Mr Pohl’s.

Thursday 13 April Tabbie asked me for Easter. Slept well. Lovely day. Dear Roy looks seedy can’t imagine why. Liqueors upset his liver feel certain. Marie & self in Dearest’s room getting on nicely, still choaked with things. At 12 o’c to bank about £5000 for Roy, will lend at 4% on securities they are to call. After rest leave cards with Archdeacon & Mrs Brooks. V. cozy there. She had just ret’d fr. seeing Maundy gifts St Paul’s Cathedral. Roy dined at home, looks tired.

Friday 14 April Our dear parents wedding day. Dear Conrad died. Lovely day. Dreamt v. vividly & v. tired waking at 5 o’c. Roy goes to Tabbie’s. In bed all day. Mary had telegram fr. her Mother to go at once to Infirmary, fear her Father worse. He only went there yesterday. Marie read to me. Felt vy achey in back. Wrote list of securities to be sold for Mr Richards & Mr Smith. Mary away night.

Saturday 15 April Cole did dining room window. Mr Peark’s man. Sent list of securities to be sold for Mr Smith (£5000). Lovely day. Roy to Mr Smith & to Mr Richardson S.C. & W. Bank. Letters fr. darling Maud, Midge. Mary only returned at lunch time fr. her home, her father vy ill. Marie busy in drawing room. I alone in Dearest’s room, standing & looking thro’ important papers etc. Out 12.30. Soap 3d. At 4 o’c to Lady Mead’s & Lady Bergne, both vy kind & stayed long while with each. Had tea at Lady M’s. Tray dinner morg. room.

Sunday 16 April Lovely fresh morg. Spending day in bed. Letter fr. Darling Maud last evg, better, & got up! Trust not too soon, mistake. Edgar & S. with her Warrens Court, Co. Cork, & Edgar had killed a fine salmon. Marie read after tea. Emma out afternoon evg. & Mary who remained until tomorrow, her father vy ill & left Infirmary. Restful day.

Wednesday 19 April Busy morg dearest’s room. To Bank about Roy’s loan, £5000. After rest to Mrs Adlam, stayed some time. She looks terribly ill. Fighting as usual all round her poor old lady. She had a pretty little black & tan puppy, v. restless. Marie out. Mary vy bad at laying a table & has no idea of doing things with any style or care, just anyhow. Roy out to dinner.

Thursday 20 April I go to tea 4.30 with Major Welman, Jun’r United Services Club. Busy all morg. with Marie Dearest’s room, finished room. X. Roy’s securities sold by Bank. X. Letter with list from Bank Manager W.N. Richardson. X. Roy earlier morg. to business! Edie came as I was starting for Major W’s, went with me to Piccadilly. Mary out to see her Father, still v. ill. Roy dined out & to see Pavlova after. No longer dances with her companion!

Friday 21 April Roy looks v. tired & worried. Off much earlier to City. Lovely day, dull later. Started middle of Dearest’s room with Marie, it looks clean & nice now. Bills & papers later. Good news of darling Maud’s improved health fr. Nurse, Edgar & Sophy. Edie to luncheon & after rest she & I went by Motor Bus to National Gallery, only one Anton Mauve there & not nearly as good as ours. 6d day & closed 5 o’c, so only had a rapid walk round. Gave Edie mauve Tabbie hat, hers dreadful, pity. Roy dined at home.

Saturday 22 April Roy off v. early. Marie & self v. busy dearest’s room morg. & afternoon. It looks beautifully clean now tho’ over loaded with furniture pictures etc. So happy to have it nearly done. To Bank 12 o’c about what Roy thought wrong re securities sold, all right. I slept v. badly, fearing my fault. Fanny Nembhard called, did not see her, lying down v. tired. Roy dined out. Mary did spare room after tea as Toula comes 8 o’c Monday.

Sunday 23 April Slept well & later. Roy off to Club earlier. I walked to Mrs Knowles, in America, saw Phene, growing stout, still pretty. Called Dr Orton & asked him to dine tonight, rec’d no answer! Not coming. Called & saw Mrs Joachim, enjoyed talk with her over old times. Dolly Joachim dined here. Roy won the Billiards tournament at Queens Club!!! today. Roy dined at home, looked tired.

Monday 24 April Toula arrives 8 o’c AM fr. Germany. Looks well. Marie & self in Dearest’s room. Out with Toula at 12. Telegram fr. Darling anxious lest we have touched drawers, have not. Wired back. To Bradleys about dress. Paid Electric light bill. X. Edie lunched here & tea. Roy dines out. V. delightful day having Toula.

Tuesday 25 April To Miss Gordon Barrett’s about ground rent, solicitor again wrong. Letter fr. Edgar & Nurse Smith. Darling dreadfully upset about Dearest’s room,

fear wrong telling her anything as her dear nerves still weak. Wrote her & Nurse. Anxious vy about her. Roy’s money to be paid into Pohl & Sambourne firm! £5150. Letter fr. solicitor enclosing Table of my income. Toula helped Marie & self morg Dearest’s room. (illeg illeg) Hilda baby boy! Harrods, stays & shoes. Roy out to dinner. Lady Orchardson & Mrs Finlay came.

Wednesday 26 April To Bank early about Roy’s money & signed about it, to be handed over to him. In Dearest’s room with Marie & Toula on return, finished room with M. afternoon. All now beautifully clean there. Toula left after lunch, sorry cannot stay longer. Three post cards fr. Spencer fr. Vernay les Bains Hotel du Parc. Roy dined Harold’s.

Thursday 27 April Out morg with Edie early to Woollands. Did thoroughly morg. room corner wine cupboard with Marie. Edie helped. To Bank changed cheque for £7 for journey. E. very tiresome over (illeg) fear expense with three, must see how we get on. Edie left 3.30. Herbert going to Turin in a Bank, better prospects. Mrs Evans arrived 5.30, vy well. Roy dined out. Packed some of my things with Marie.

Friday 28 April Packed with Marie. Out at 10 o’c Barkers. Sent telegram to Maudie, wedding day. Private View Academy. Mrs Evans went with Sir John Tenniel’s ticket & took Lady Hunt. Miss Tenniel died at mid day today after long illness. Busy mending. Two letters fr. Lee Pembertons filled with documents. Roy dined at home & went to Station with us 7.30, late night after! Pavlova. Feel very nervous travelling with Roy, fear he cannot manage.

Saturday 29 April D.V. Roy & I leave for Ireland 8.45 Paddington. Packed morg. Sewed afternoon. Mrs Evans left 2.30. Went morg. to enquire after Sir John Tenniel who seems quite well & thankful his sister is released from her trouble of mental illness. Marie left my keys on sideboard instead of returning them to me, consequently left without them!!! She left her umbrella in rushing off to telephone for my keys at Station Paddington. Roy dined at home & went to Station with me. My keys left behind!

Sunday 30 April Most tiring journey. Could not sleep during journey, Roy absorbed in self, no compassion or thought for me but no doubt tired as he was not

home until 5 o’c Saty morg fr. Mr Stern’s dance at Carlton. Vy bad for him the theatrical element, makes him selfish. Lovely morg, fine passage & lovely country, gorse & fresh green. Fares £5.5.0, sleeping comp 7/6 each. V. expensive journey. Due Cork 12.30. Long stop Waterford. (page pinned in) Sunday 30 April. Splendid passage & most comfortable cabins, vy nice stewardess. We seem to be only people on the large steamer. Lovely morg, reached Rosslare in brilliant sunshine. Most beautiful & the country lovely, all hedges ablaze of yellow gorse, deep with yellow, & the rivers so wide & full of water, the whole country v. lovely. Quantities of glorious yellow gorse everywhere & the fresh spring green & blackthorn white blossom & rich dark fir trees. Quantity of brown and brown & white cattle grazing, sheep, & fewer pigs than I expected. White neat cottages & red roofs & all beautiful in morg. sunlight, think even more lovely than South of France in this sunshine. Lovely morg, fine passage & lovely country, gorse & fresh greenery. Mr Hoare who travelled in our train discretely kept away fr. us, joined us at Cork where Lennie’s Motor met us & we drove 25 miles to Warrens Court where tremendous party met us at the door. Lennie, Mr & Mrs Mickelham, vy pretty young woman, Mr & Mrs Cokayne, Edgar & Sophy, Fitzroy, Mr Forrester, the three dear chicks & Fraulein met us! Saw my darling still in bed but looking sweet & better & her Nurse. Sat down 18 to luncheon! Had bath. Cannot open my boxes!!! & rested. At 4.30 had tea with my darling who was allowed to sit up for an hour, looked v. pretty in her charming mauve Kimono. Mr & Mrs M. left 6.30. Fitz came to my room & we watched some of party fishing in Lakes. Dined in bed. Edgar sat with me before dinner.

Monday 1 May Slept wonderfully well. Dull morg & raining after a glorious day yesterday. Mrs Cokayne had to go to bed yesterday after lunch, is only 20 & expecting, already had one miscarriage! Edgar & Roy to my room before starting for river. Colder. House party Edgar, Sophy, Fitzroy, Mr Forrester, Mr Hoare, Mr & Mrs Cokayne (she had miscarriage at 12 o’c last night!!!) Roy, 3 chicks, Fraulein & self . Mr & Mickleham left yesterday. My keys arrived 6.30. Maudie had tea in Sophy’s room we 3 together, M. back to bed after. Read to her & to bed again self for dinner . Lennie got 2 salmon. (Page pinned in) Stories Ireland 1911. Roy having held a rod 3 times asked gillie who he considered the best fisherman, “Sure yer Honor, & it isn’t yourself.” Mr Rye, pointing out a marsh in Co. Cork, Ireland, to Lennie said “It was here the last wolf was killed in England”. Maud reading to the three children came across the word commit. Anne, “What does it mean Mother?” Linley (aged 11) “How stupid you are Anne, why don’t you know Thou shalt not commit

adultery?” Poor Anne crushed. Housekeeper, “Oh Master Oliver you really must not allow that dog to bark, you know how it annoys your Father. “It’s the nature of a dog to bark & if it was Father’s nature he would do it!”

Tuesday 2 May Dear little Linley, Fitzroy & Mr Forrester leave 4.30 for London. Glorious morg, sat with Maud, looks tired. Nurse to Cork to telephone doctor about Mrs Cokayne, much better, in bed. Maudie down to drawing room tea, too much for her, Fitz so noisy. For walk with chicks after. Sophy sat with Maud, I later. Darling v. tired. I dined down stairs 9 o’c. 6 salmon killed, Mr Hoare 2, Mr Cokayne 3. Roy trout, Edgar & Lennie nothing. Watched Poker after dinner, bed 11.10.

Wednesday 3 May Edgar witnessed transfers. Dear Edgar’s birthday. Wet horrid stormy morg. Fishers unable to start. Lovely afternoon, had walk with Roy & Edgar after tea. Maudie still looks vy tired, came down to tea again, tiring for her as all gentlemen here, they fished lakes after tea, & made flies. Roy & I signed 13 transfers & registered them to Bank, also wrote enclosing signed cheques to solicitors (Smith). Poker evg, Roy won.

Thursday 4 May Lovely day. Morg wrote to Toula about Rosalind’s book “Being & Doing”. Sent another transfer to Bank witnessed by Sophy. Wrote to Mr Thorburn Nova Scotia, Roones Bridge. Maudie sat out for ½ an hour. At 3 o’c Sophy & self in small car to river Lea, Beamish Water, glorious scenery. E. joined us for tea, caught salmon on Sophy’s fly!!! & stayed with us some time. 6 salmon brought home, Lennie & Edgar each one, Mr Cokayne & Mr Hoare each 2, & 3 trout. Roy nothing. Poker evg, v. late.

Friday 5 May Edgar fished Beamish water yesterday, Lennie today. 4 salmon killed today. Fine & warmer. Darling sat out morg. & was down to lunch & tea but feel v. anxious about her. After lunch rested. Poor Mrs C. cried with pain, feel these little young things need more care, so bad being disturbed by husbands so late at night. Walked with darling after tea & we both sat with Mrs Cokayne. I wrote 5 letters. Roy got 2 salmon but did not hook them! Mr Cokayne got one & dear Edgar one, his fifth. Poker till 11 o’c. Maud having her bath then, far too late. Feel v. worried about her.

Saturday 6 May Warmer, slept fairly well, anxious about Maud. Walked morg. with Sophy by Lakes, fed swans or tried to! Mr Murphy came with basket filled with empty jam pots. Maudie looks better. Roy returned early fr. river, & left for London by 4.20 train. Maudie, Sophy & self had tea with him before he left, looks worlds better. I walked with Darling round the Lake after & then sat with her & Mrs Cokayne who is better tho’ in bed. Edgar caught only salmon killed, 8 lbs! Poker after, Sophy won 12/6 second time.

Sunday 7 May Dull & v. windy. Rained all day, did not go out. Read & wrote. Maud down to luncheon. Mr Fisher Dilke arrived 1.30 PM for luncheon. After lunch Maud & Lennie to see 2 houses for the fishing next year as Warrens Court is let for 3 years to the Fletchers. Bad day for Darling to go out. Maud rested on her return until 7 o’c as she came down for dinner for first time!!! Much livelier table. M. & self upstairs directly after & bed earlier. Sophy v. lively. Mrs C. better, sat with her twice. Chicks for long walk with Nurse & Fraulein.

Monday 8 May Again dull & rainy. Slept well. Lovely afternoon. Sat working morning with Sophy library, rested after luncheon & had walk with Darling after tea. Maud did not come down to lunch or dinner, glad, as she looked v. tired yesterday. Mrs Cokayne better but has neuralgia poor little thing. Much fishing talk dinner as usual. Went round garden with Sophy, lovely garden, morose men. Poker evg.

Tuesday 9 May Lovely tho’ cloudy morning. Letter fr. dear Roy, his cup arrived, Billiard tournament prize, & letter fr. Midge fr. Coburg, arrived Southampton Saty. Wrote & worked morg. Small car broke down. Chicks with Fraulein & Sophy to Weasel Hunt. They got home to late tea. Maud & I had a lovely walk to woods, a perfect Fairy Land of blue hyacinths & yellow gorse. Lennie got the only salmon 15 lbs. Poker. Sophy won.

Wednesday 10 May Glorious day, warmer. The spring tints across hills & by lake & a copper beech by first Lake beautiful. Sat out with with Maud morg, rested after lunch & sat with Mrs Cokayne. Mrs Rye to tea & walk after with Maud, lovely evg. The outside cart & horse arrived in place of Hospital Car! A blank day. No salmon. Poker. Sophy & Edgar again won. Mr Hoare the city gentleman with bad cold. Mrs C. on sofa for dinner.

Thursday 11 May Most glorious day & the lovely greens of all shades making the scenery around more beautiful than ever. Sat out with Maud & Sophy & the chicks at 11.30. After lunch we walked to Lake & fed the quarrelsome swans who were more savage than usual, & the ducks. After Anne found a pheasants egg on the lawn close to the wired in space where the young ducks are. Heard sounds of guns for over an hour when resting, continual peal like thunder. Chicks with Fraulein & Nurse for picnic in car, outside car!

Friday 12 May Maud, Sophy & self left in Motor at 12 o’c for Nettleville Water. Perfect morg. Walked fr. gates of Nettleville thro’ the loveliest scenery & picniced in woods carpeted with hyacinths, campions & primroses, & on to River after, glorious. Hills & lakes “Oak Grove” standing high up above river Lea woods & lovely open spaces with yellow gorse & on to “Wendy Hut”. We met Lennie just before getting into Wendy wood. Here we lay on grass reading whilst Lennie fished & caught 10¼ lb salmon which we watched with glee! Had tea after & then a heavy storm which had been long threatening came down torrents of rain. Vivid flashes of lightning (Page pinned in) Friday 12th May. & terrific thunder. We all took shelter in Wendy’s hut where Mr Fisher Dilke joined us. He had been fishing op. bank. We waited until past 6, rain too heavy to venture the long walk back to Outside Car with Beach awaiting us at Lodge. At last we went, Mr Fisher Dilke going on with Sophy, & Maud & I following soaked by long wet grass. At Lodge Maud changed stockings & boots & we had our coats. Sophy, Maud & self sailed off in Outside Car, we two vy nervous of the ossilating(sic) of car. & free horse. V. anxious about Maud as we were so hot & wet fr. long walk, & it was cold driving. Motor with the men came up to us when half way home & we got in to Motor & they on to Car. Met the dear chicks in a donkey cart with Fraulein & Edith (housemaid) who had taken shelter in storm after their picnic at (blank). Great rush to get dressed for Sophy & self! it being 9 o’c before we were home. Poker evg. Edgar lost. Sophy won 12/6. Maud straight to bed on our return. Festival of Empire at Crystal Palace, King George & Queen Mary & Prince of Wales opened it. Mr Cokayne salmon 16½ lbs. Lennie 10½ lbs. Mr C’s a long straight fish.

Saturday 13 May Letter fr. dear Roy, he goes to Mr Stern’s brother at Worthing for weekend. Dear Edgar & Sophy leave at 4.30, also Mr Fisher Dilke & Mr Hoare. Glorious morg. Sat with E. & S. whilst they packed. Maudie better. Awful thunderstorm during luncheon, worst I ever remember. E. &

S. went to Station on their bicycles, Mr H. & Mr F.D. in wagonette, ordered in place of Outside Car! Chicks had donkey for 1½ hrs in grounds. Oliver rides wonderfully well & sits so well. Maudie & self round lake, dull & heavy. Mr Cokayne killed 9½ lb salmon, one fish only. Mr D. Rye to dinner. Maudie down, left after. Lennie, Mr R. & Mr C. played Poker. I watched, vy even all.

Sunday 14 May Dull & sunny alternately. E. & S. arrive in London with Mr Hoare & Mr Dilke. Roy goes for week end to Mr Stern’s brother at Worthing. Lennie said Roy’s firm had had a big deal with Messel firm, I hope good for Roy. We go to tea at Mrs Rye’s, Lennie Maud & self. Charming place & lovely garden. Mr Rye went on to see a place with Maud & Lennie whilst I went round garden. They returned to tea, & Mr B. Rye & Mr Bullough (Maudie Darrell’s husband) & his secretary also to tea. Mr D. vy nice young man. Mrs Cokayne down to tea drawing room. Felt seedy after. Capt Gibbs came in time for dinner.

Monday 15 May Woke during night several times. Wrote morg 5 letters. Took short walk alone round lake, nests! Raining slightly. Sat with Mrs Cokayne after lunch then rested, & needle work. Was to have had walk with dear chicks after schoolroom tea in drawing room but Lady Bandon came so c’d not go. Doctor Cumming came to see Mrs C. & she may get up & walk about a little. Doctor came to see little K. maid who scalded her foot, is to rest it. Help in K. so she gets little chance of it healing quickly. Capt Gibbs got a 9 lb salmon & Mr Rye a 10½ lb. Poker v. rapid with 3 only. Maudie down to dinner & bed directly after.

Tuesday 16 May Fine early. Again woke in night 2 o’c. Lovely & warm & not too heavy. Maudie left at 12 o’c in wagonette for River to meet Lennie & on to see a house (Linseys) which they like v. much overlooking Beamish Water where Sophy & I met Edgar! Maud not back until 7 o’c or later. I wrote & sat on lawn morg. Mrs C. down to lunch & tea. Mr G. (blank) arrived 5 o’c. I went for walk with chicks alone. Vy pleasant dinner, Darling down, to bed directly after.

Wednesday 17 May Glorious morg & view fr. my window getting more beautiful every day. Last evg. the whole hillside as I dressed for dinner was lighted up by a golden light & then an exquisite red. Turner never saw anything more lovely. Unsettled day, rain & sun. Lovely morg. Wrote & walked alone

morg. Broke my darling’s sunshade! X. Mr Cokayne had to leave on business 4.30, ret’d to luncheon. Mrs C. down till 8 o’c. Maudie looking tired, dined & remained short time after dinner to teach Mr Godman Poker. Late to bed.

Thursday 18 May I slept v. badly, feel worried about Maud being so late at night. Wrote Roy, Emma & Mr Lehmann about my Dearest. Maud & self to river 12 o’c. Vy unsettled weather, glorious after & hot. In Motor to Murphy Cottage & to riverside, peaceful & quiet for one hour when at 2 o’c Lennie & Roy came & fetched us in boat, commotion Lennie in temper about our being late. Uncomfortable lunch in boat. Hurried all along river & saw Lennie hook one fish which jumped twice into the air & got away. Warrens Court water, Russell reach, Island stream. Ivy rock & slate quarries & C(illeg) before one in the sunshine. A perfect day but for the sense of hurry & restless rush. So bad for my darling. If only we could meet at one place & rest there quietly. We enjoyed drive home in wagonette, Beach driving, but could only rest a few moments after dressing for dinner, & to bed after. Mr Godman got 2 lovely fish 11 lbs & 12 lbs. (Page pinned in) Thursday 18th May. Most beautiful scenery all along river, so varied & wild flowers most beautiful. Lennie hooked his fish by Island stream where we had tea, all spoilt by a sense of hurry scurry & poor Lennie’s unhappy mind at bad luck, could rest nowhere. Longed to sit quietly as we had done alone together before being fetched, the sense of greatest peace alone by the river so perfect. Jim said he found it very difficult to keep up with Lennie he walked so fast, indeed he does everything so fast! The yellow broom lovely where we had tea & on the slate quarries where the rocks look like great velvety antlers jutting up out of the water with their black velvety covers & tops the banks on either side & steep hills covered with wild hyacinths, crimson orchids, Star of Jerusalem, London pride!!! The rocks covered with this. Moss all sorts of lovely ferns & pink nettle. I never saw anything so beautiful & the glorious river rushing below between the rocks then opening out in the undulating slope & C(illeg) Castle & village a perfect scene of beauty.

Friday 19 May Slept well, but feel head tired & back achey. Glorious morg. again. Maud, Lennie & Anne off in Motor alone. Cap. G. & Mr Godman preceeding them as Lennie’s neuralgia so bad. To river, Warrens Court. I had restful peaceful day with Mrs Cokayne alone as Oliver, Nurse & Fraulein also went to C(illeg) for day. Glorious day. Sat out all day except for hour after lunch. Walked along narrow Lake path v. dirty & sloppy with Mrs C & I sat in boat until 7 o’c. Saw Cormorant sitting on little jetty, staring at

landscape! Only disturbed by Barringer rowing towards it. Mr Fletcher came to see over house for 6 years lease! Lennie got salmon 9 lbs & Mr Rye a 10 or 11 lb one.

Saturday 20 May Slept well. To bed early last night. Another lovely day. Oliver’s donkey here. Morg. both chicks rode it. Maud & Oliver to river to meet Lennie. Very warm. Wrote & sat out with Mrs Cockayne, rested after lunch. Anne with Nurse for long walk & met Maud & Oliver on their return. Mr & Mrs Hayworth Booth arrived early morg & went straight to River fr. Cork!!! Fished all day! Capt Gibbs got a 10 lb salmon & Lennie a 7 lb, & lost one. Mr H.B. also lost one. Had tea on lawn with Mrs Cokayne & Fraulein. Walk after along narrow strip between Lakes. (Page pinned in) 20th May Saturday. Mrs Cokayne came down to dinner for first time & sat with the Hayworth B’s. Darling looked tired & she & Mrs Cokayne left directly after dinner, but Maud was not in bed when I came up at 11.30 after watching the rest play Poker. V. late for her. A rather curt letter from Mr Lehmann, longer fr. Edgar fr. Langham, & Toula.

Sunday 21 May Slept badly, woke v. often. Glorious morg & view fr. my room & bed exquisite. Vy hot. Mr & Mrs H. Booth off at 11 o’c to River, fished all day, & a Blank day! We were not up to our rooms until 11.30 & darling not in bed last evg. when we came up. Mrs Cokayne dined & remained up late tonight watching Poker. Maud up earlier but not in bed when we went up! Lennie fished for trout in Lakes, got one. Cap. G. & Mr Godman for long walk. Tea in Hall. Chicks picniced out.

Monday 22 May Mrs Cokayne came to my room 1.30 this morg. in great state. Lennie & Cap. Gibbs up & about, thinking men about. Mrs C. got into my bed & remained all night. Glorious morg. Mr Booth leaves today at 4.30. Letter fr. Roy & transfers to be signed & sent to Bank. Sent these off registered, witnessed by Mrs Cokayne. Maud, Fraulein, Nurse & 2 chicks off 12 o’c to river. Mrs C. & self alone, glorious day but colder. Wrote morg, had tea on lawn & lovely walk after with Mrs C. Poker evg. Lennie got a 7 lb salmon. Bed 11.30. Mr Warren here & Mr F. to see over house.

Tuesday 23 May Cold & dull. Slept well. Letter fr. Sir James Whitehead & Edie F. Vy windy. Sent off list securities at last to Fritz Jackson! & wrote to Edie F. Mrs C. Maud & self & the 2 chicks to tea Mrs Rye’s & met nice clergyman & a lady visitor there. Mr Godman 2 salmon. No one else

anything, 14 lbs & 8 lbs. Maudie looks tired. Maud & self watched Poker until 10.30. Mr Booth & Lennie wining. Lennie won 12/6 last night also. Throat & ear painful, sharp pains thro’ ear & throat sore.

Wednesday 24 May Conrad’s birthday. R.I.P. Wretched wet blowey day. Ear ache, shooting pains. Mrs C. went with rods early! & did not return until 4 o’c, & she had to leave at 4.30 with Nurse for London. She looked wonderfully well. Three Miss Mathews to tea. All seem nice girls, left ¼ to 7. Mrs Ivor their sister with them. She married Mrs Warren’s brother. Colder & fear Nurse & Mrs C. will have a rough passage. Maud looked v. tired but played poker evg. until 10.30 when I carried her off to bed & saw her into her nightdress. No fish.

Thursday 25 May Cap’t Gibbs got a 9lb salmon. Dull raining & blowing. No telegram or news of Mrs Cokayne or Nurse. Sat drawing room with Maud writing all morg. Parcel 5/2 fr. stores for poor children, chicks undid it & skipped with S. ropes in Hall. Happy little lunch waiting ourselves with chicks. My throat & ear better, must be neuralgia. After rest & my darling slept for walk with dogs & chicks, & got ferns & wild flowers. Fishers home earlier rather. Poker. M. & self to bed 10.45.

Friday 26 May 3 salmon killed. Mrs Booth 7½, Cap’t Gibbs 10, Lennie 15¼ odd. Dull morg. Throat vy choaked up morg. Feel tired without reason, slept so well. Think long walk not good last evg but so enjoyed it with my darling & chicks. Maud & self after half hour’s rest with Oliver to Nettlesville in cart & walked fr. there to Wendy’s Hut where we met Lennie who after tea killed a lovely salmon 15¼ lbs. Oliver & ourselves greatly excited & delighted. Oliver v. interested. He & I walked some distance along riverside to a little pool where he got some weird water insect, a water boatman etc. V. cheerful evg, 3 Salmon!!! Poker & bed.11 o’c. V. tired. Come up now with Maud as nurse gone. K. does not sit up.

Saturday 27 May Wrote Spencer, Edie, Evie. Cap’t Gibbs fine salmon 10 lbs. Vy good night but back achey & head ached, think long drive & walk too much, cart jolts my side too much. Heavenly morg. Still no letter fr. Roy. Maud & Anne off at 12 o’c to join Lennie river. Lovely day. Fraulein, Oliver & self lunched alone. Fed ducks & hens after, saw tiny pheasants. After rest tea & to Lake with Oliver & Fraulein. Sat on bank whilst O. paddled.

After walked round Lakes. Laundry horse ran away! Poker evg. Maud lost 4/- & quite happy. Looks flushed & tired.

Sunday 28 May Glorious day. Sat out talking to Mrs H. Booth, later Darling & Lennie etc. Lunch & I sat out reading whilst rest went round garden. Tea in Hall. Cap. G. & Mr Godman for walk & L. & Mr G. fished, latter got 2 fine trout & missed 3. Darling packed up 3 packets of books, too much for her. Watched Poker evg. Glad Maud did not play & we two left at 10.30 for bed. No letter fr. Roy.

Monday 29 May Sir W.S. Gilbert was drowned at Grims Dyke in Lake in trying to save a lady who was bathing there with him. No salmon. Glorious morg. Letters fr. Midge asking me there 1st July, Alice Linley & Emma. Mr Godman left at 4.30 after day on river. Glorious day. Maud packed books etc & went with 2 chicks after lunch to join Lennie at River. I & Fraulein got Lake insects for chicks in Lake. Morg. chicks & self took toys to poor children, disappointed they were at school & left them with woman. Poker. V late to bed. Maudie v. white & looked ill at dinner.

Tuesday 30 May Glorious day. No letter fr. Roy! Fr. Mervyn long letter, & post card fr. Toula. Packed morg with dear chicks in my room, vy good & amusing. Maud joined Lennie at River after tea, left in motor at 6 o’c. Chicks to tea Miss Mathews. Quiet peaceful day. No trouble packing, must be stronger. Again slight sore throat. Maud remained to lunch & tea with me & at 6 o’c in motor to river, after packing up books all morg. etc. (Page pinned in) 30th May. Tuesday. Far too much for her but have no control over her & it worries me v. much. All later than usual fr. river, dinner later. No fish. Lennie sad last evg. No Poker, & darling overtired. Bed 10.30. Mrs Booth equal to strongest man, never tired. Maudie a little over strained & Lennie also. Heard Sir William S. Gilbert drowned in his Lake at Grimsdyke, Harrow Weald, after being in London, feared from heart failure after fatigue of journey. How I pity her.

Wednesday 31 May Glorious day. Up 5 o’c, breakfast 6 o’c. All ready good time. Lennie, Cap’t Gibbs, Mrs Booth & Kirtin in hired open motor, & Maud, chicks, Fraulein & self in Lennie’s to Cork. Chicks & Fraulein in carriage next to us but we 5 rather too many in our comp’t. Maud & self lunched off cakes & coffee. L, Cap. G. & Mrs B. in restaurant car. Boat St George. Lovely passage we were on deck all time fr. 1.30 jusqu’à 5.30, reached

Fishguard. Welsh scenery not nearly so lovely as Ireland. Had dinner in train & dear chicks too (Page pinned in) Wed 31st May. who were as good as gold, read a great deal. Arrived Paddington 9.30. Home 10.25. Derby Day. “Sunstar” Mr Jack’s horse won & Roy c’d not meet me at Station as he was with Mr Stern at Derby. Nurse F. met the chicks at station. Cab home 2/6, Edith 7/- Barringer 5/- porter 6d. A very delightful visit of 4 weeks & 3 days. Wish my darling looked stronger & better, more energy than strength & too unselfish & does too much altogether. Spent from £6.0.0: 7/- Edith, 5/- Barringer, 2/6 cab, 6d porter 1/- stamps.

Thursday 1 June Lovely morg. Marie unpacked, she had kindly put flowers & plants in my bedroom window boxes, so pleased to see them on waking, so thoughtful of her, & Emma most kindly planted flowers on first staircase & had aquarium beautifully done. Up at 12, read letters & papers. Roy came in before breakfast, looks vy seedy. To Bank, found account not so low as expected. Vy hot & ordered 2 plants & got flowers Barkers. My darling sent me lovely flowers also. (Page pinned in) Thurs 1st June 1911. Arranged flowers with Mary drawing room, & a large fern in Roy’s lovely silver bowl in his room. Edie arrived 4 o’c, looked vy nice evg at dinner in pretty black dress, & well. Roy dined at home. Edie’s boxes a little large for the (illeg) room. Mervyn came in after dinner, so glad to see him. Roy left directly after dinner, seems v. absorbed but is no doubt tired. Wish he looked stronger. Hankers far too much after great wealth & wish he c’d be happy with what we have. Severe self reproach, gave tongue & regret outspeaking. Sharp discipline for many days. Wisdom waits.

Friday 2 June Sir H.S. Gilbert cremated & interred today. Lovely day, slept well. Saw Emma who looks very well. Both Emma & Marie had put pretty geraniums & ferns on staircase, fern case & my bedroom, most kind welcome. Edie to Bushey for her lessons for day. I on goose chase to find poor Douglas who is laid up at nursing home, went up & down Queens Gate. Sp. Gave me wrong address, so c’d not find it. V. x. as it was vy hot. Marie & self turned out dress to be dyed loft. Read & worked. Darling & Lennie to Balcombe. Roy dined out seems better. Edie played to me all the evg. (Cutting pinned in) June 1, 1911. Death of Sir W. Gilbert.

Saturday 3 June Dull day. To Barkers with Edie, asparagus & biscuits & sardines. Sat in gardens, felt close & thundery. Edie at 3 o/c to meet Mervyn & Ethel

Hurlingham. Polo match. Roy out all day expected him to dinner & waited till 8.15 but he did not come or telephone. I tidied some drawers, worked, looked thro’ my Dearest’s photos with Marie for an hour after tea in his room, astounding, no dust here after 4 ½ weeks. Edie played. Late to bed! Letters fr. Spencer (Barcelona) & Midge & Edgar.

Sunday 4 June Tabs & H. at Harrogate so Roy’s holiday spoilt, so sorry, as he ought to get out of London. Glorious morg, woke early. Roy out all day but dined with Edie & self. Edie & self to Miss Rose Innes & asked her to dine, engaged. Sat in Gardens after until 1 o’c, too hot for church!! At 3 o’c to Mervyn & in taxie with him to Hurlingham with Ethel & tea there. Saw 2 of the California Hotel people at Cannes. Good band & delightful afternoon with E. & Mervyn. Home by Distrct Rly. Roy home & Edie played after dinner. Wrote to Darling after dinner. Sorry dear Roy in London.

Monday 5 June The dear chicks with Nurse Francis to tea. In all day. Edie to Bushey for her pupils, away 11 till 7.30. Poor Roy’s holiday spoilt by Tabs & H’s going to Harrogate. He went on River punting all day & came home to dinner, delighted to have him, & Edie played. Morg. wrote, rested after lunch, & Toula came 4 o’c, Miss Innes later. Vy happy afternoon, we all played card games after tea & they walked home at 6.30. Peaceful day & quiet.

Tuesday 6 June Edie gave me some lovely lilies. Mervyn lunched here. My Darling returns with Lennie fr. Balcombe. Glorious morg. v. hot. To Bank about Executor’s ac’t. Letter fr. Mr Smith saying all settled!? Mervyn & Edie here luncheon. No one called. Looked thro’ Dearest’s nude photos, no good to Mervyn. Vy hot day. Roy dined out. Edie self alone. 12 geranium plants 3/6, planted them with Marie in garden.

Wednesday 7 June Emily Fraser to tea, did not come. X. Edie left early 8.30 for Bushey. Roy later to breakfast. Emma told me of her intended marriage in Oct, am dreadfully sorry, & cannot imagine what I sh’ll do without her. Wrote morg & went to my darling 11 o’c in taxie & on with her to Jays. Neville & Rossiter about 2 dresses & mantle. Lunched with her & the dear chicks & Fraulein & went fast asleep on her bed after, she by my side, & left her off to dressmaker & dining Mocattas, too much, she looks so delicate.

Tea at home. Maud’s lovely carnations look lovely in drawing room. Sat with Roy who dined out. Edie & self dined alone. (Page pinned in) 7th June 1911. Marie & I put away travelling rug & blue blanket from my bed in No 15 tin box over bathroom door. Mary out afternoon & evg. Edie had long letter from Herbert who seems unwell & disappointed now with Italy & Italians, ways so different fr. ours! etc. Vy much dearer than he expected, fear he cannot be well & Edie will worry. My dearest’s two Pass Books from the Solicitors. I think things are really beginning to be settled & I shall know what my income is & what I can do with it. Very nice having Edie so far, feel less lonely as my dear Roy out so much & my darling has too much to do to be here much now, & she needs great care. The chicks already look paler.

Thursday 8 June Off at 10.30 with Edie to A.Ny. Stores. 4 combinations £1.17.6, sunshade 8/6, black chain bag 10/6. Total £2.16.3, our fares 1/-. X. Mr Rudolph Lehmann came 2.30 about Dearest’s biography. Found him family papers, Coronation number & Birthday number of Punch 70 years! Dearest saved this extra strain. At 4 o’c with Darling Maud in Victoria to call Emily Fraser, saw her, vy well & handsome. To Lady Pontifex, out. (Page pinned in) Thursday June 8th & several of Maud’s friends & left her at Mrs Reid’s at home, & to see Evie, occupied with a visitor, saw her chicks, & on to Desirée, saw her & her pretty group of children & Col.Welby. Charming talk with him & Desirée, & they will dine with us Sunday quietly. Maudie brought me home. Roy dined at Mrs Hohler’s, Winnie Walker there, dull after. Edie & self dined alone. Bed early but read late. Roy in early.

Friday 9 June Ethel & Mervyn dine here. Edie to Bushey. Edgar leaves Ravendale on visits. To Maud in her Victoria ¼ to 11. To Park, saw chicks there, meet of coaches, went wrong way, but vy happy with my Darling & on to Neville & Rossiter to see Maud fitted. Waited ages, & Wilsons after, & to lunch at Maud’s. Gladys, Fraulein, Charlotte Loring there. Back by bus pleasant talk directly after, fruit & flowers Barkers & some peonies fr. Balcombe, lovely scented ones. (Page pinned in) Friday 9th June. Rested for an hour & tea in my room alone. After with Marie looking thro’ photos Dearest’s room. Toula came & went on with me sorting photos, seems an endless job but we have found many family photos I sh’ll value greatly, & many of Dearest Lin, Maud & Roy, am so glad to have them. Toula stayed until 7. Edie ret’d fr. Bushey & Roy dined with us, making 4. Sat in morg. room after, on account of Ethel’s knee, which is better. Vy pleasant evg.

Saturday 10 June Darling goes to Balcombe & returns Tuesday. With her morg. to be fitted at Wilsons, Russian fitter, & to Courtauld Thomsons after about Maud’s bed etc, huge place. Maud left me at home 1.30. After rest Edie & self at 4.30 to see Douglas at Nursing Home 99 Cromwell Rd, looks fearfully ill, but so patient & good & cheery. Stayed some time. Late leaving 6.15, got fruit at Butts, 6/4. Edie & self alone. Roy out.

Sunday 11 June Pd fruit Butts, 6/4. Bad night. Morg. with Edie to see Douglas at 99 Cromwell Rd, looks better. Took him some grapes. Saw doctor, satisfied with his progress. Sat in Gardens after. Rested after lunch & slept, felt better for it. Midge came to tea, saw Edie & did not seem to mind. Midge looking vy handsome, & well & smart. No one else came. Col Welby, Mervyn & Desirée dined here, & Edie. Vy sorry Roy out. Miss my Dearest more then ever as one now forgets the long illness.

Monday 12 June Dull morg. Edie to Bushey. I by bus to Woollands about Alpaca coat & skirt, awfully expensive, nothing under 10½ gns. Emma’s fiancé here! Emily Fraser married today. Rested after lunch, worked on my skirt, & after tea in my room called walking as unable to have carriage, on Miss Neaves, Palgrave Simpson, Miss Webster, stayed some time here, Mr R. Wallace & Mrs Rawlinson remained an hour. Vy pleasant talk, her youngest dau. aged 40 living by herself in country. Roy dined out. Edie looked v. tired on return fr. Bushey. Read to me evg, bed rather late.

Tuesday 13 June Lovely morg. Mary out afternoon & evg, goes out a great deal. Morg. Edie to Lancaster Gate, I to Westbourne Grove, Bradley Wallace & Whiteley about alpaca coat & skirt. Strawberries. Edie to tea Douglas & took him “Petsey” Maud’s book. A Mrs Dugdale fr. church called & Miss Bastard & my Darling came with some lovely flowers, returned fr. Balcombe today. Roy dined at home. Edie played. Man fr. Barkers about taps. Put in new tap.

Wednesday 14 June Toula here lunch & dinner. Edie to Bushey. Roy off early & home late to Ascot, sent for his evg. clothes to Oxford Cambridge Club. Marie out. Mary & I packed them off in Taxi! Maud’s carriage 11.30 to Marshall & Willatts ordered new boots & Marshall Snelgrove ordered alpaca morg. dress £5.2.0. Toula brought me some lovely flowers & we had a happy peaceful afternoon & evg, she helped most with my cloth mantle & put it

in order for me to do. Wonderfully quick & exact, wish I was like her! Edie played to us after dinner.

Thursday 15 June I lunch with Lady J. Ferguson 1.30. Wretched lunch, wee rissoles & microscopic stuffed tomatoes, 3 bananas & few cherries, no coffee or sweet! Om. there & back. Mrs Pohl, Effie & Ethel English called, saw them & Mrs G. Miller, was out when they came. Roy dined at Harold’s. Edie & self alone. Got a new leather for pantry.

Friday 16 June I lunch with darling Maud 1.30. Geoff’s fiancée going also. Marie scrubbed Dearest’s room & I dusted same, & looked thro’ photos. Cab to Maud’s, 1/-. Beautifully served & delicious luncheon. Mrs Evans, Miss Curtis, Edgar, Miss Davison only. Not impressed with Miss D, neither distingué nor pretty & too old, but seems a nice girl. Mrs Evans charming. Maud & self to Marshalls to be fitted blk Alpaca & to tea at Ritz with Gladys & her charming party. Miss Gibbs, Mrs Breitmayer etc. (Page pinned in) Friday 16th June. Maudie brought me home with Gladys & her pretty cousin Mrs (blank). Edie to Bushey. We dined alone, Roy out. Marie wishing to leave, very sorry.

Saturday 17 June Very close & hot. Out 10.30 with Edie, Kensington. Strawberries 2/6, chocolates 1/-. Barkers about Roy’s chair! T. Cook’s about Vittel tickets. 6 new dusters Emma, 4 prs stockings self, & Hat!!! Edie out afternoon, Grove, after tea. Edgar to tea, fear Vittel too expensive. He saw Edie & was vy kind. Roy dined out, seems more cheerful. Edie & self alone.

Sunday 18 June Spencer at Jn’r Naval & Military Club Piccadilly to see Douglas. Mr C. Cooke & Miss Bonne Vie dine here. Asked Effie, uncertain. Only 2 former came. Edie & I took some strawberries to Douglas, only allowed short time. Mrs Davison & daughter came to tea, Geoff’s fiancée, she does not not impress me & see no prospects, madness on G’s part. Roy on river & dressed at home evg. & dined out. Vy charming evg, delightful to have a clever man to talk to again. Miss my dearest’s cleverness more & more.

Monday 19 June Roy & I dine at Mrs Pohl’s, 8 o’c. Awful morg. Toula here all day, worked with me, & thro’ pass book. Vy pleasant dinner & charmingly

appointed house. Mr & Mrs Bristow there, sis. of Mrs P’s. Roy off to Adelphi on leaving, great hurry to be there. Edie dined out.

Tuesday 20 June Dear Edgar & Sophy come to stay. Busy morg. getting out flag with Marie seeing to Edgar’s room. Edie left 5 o’c. To Barkers morg. ordered flowers, vegts, fruit etc. Fanny Barker & Mary called only, looking vy well & smart. No line fr. my darling. Roy out to dinner. Effie dines here.

Wednesday 21 June Our dear Mother died 1895. Edgar to St Peters. Sophy & self slept badly although comfortable each in our beds! Edgar to St Peter’s & not home until late 7.45. Sophy & self in M’s carriage to Haines & Polker. Left S. & on alone to Maud, with her to Neville & Wilson to be fitted. Sophy met Effie in Pk & came on to me at Maud’s for luncheon. I had to walk back thro’ the tents which are thickly packed all over Gardens & park. Vy tired, rested on return. (Page pinned in) 21st June. Wed. Marie had put up our fine flag, Royal Standard, found in one of Dearest’s tin boxes. Rested & Edgar Sophy & self for dinner. Decorations vy elaborate. On reaching Kensington walking fr. Maud’s came upon huge crowds lining Kensington & just in time to see King & Queen with Prince of Wales, Princess Marie & Prince driving towards Olympia. King looked most gracious & was loudly cheered all along route, bunting & flags flying everywhere. We went to bed 10.30. Roy had been Queens Club. Could make no arrangements about fly with Maud as Edgar will not leave here before 11 o’c as we can get into Naval & Military by back entrance. One man asked me £1.10 but we decide to go by tube to Down St.

Thursday 22 June Coronation Day of King George V & Queen Mary. Slept badly, raining. Awful noise of taxies all night long. Colder. Edgar off early & engaged taxi for 11 o’c at 7/6 to take us to Naval & Military & we breakfasted at 9.o’c (E, S & Roy did) I as usual at 8.30 in my room. Roy goes to Worthing Mr F. Stern’s. Had splendid places in centre of stand at N. & M. Club. All most perfectly managed, splendid lunch & good band in garden of club, all arrangements perfect. Wonderful sight procession, all the carriages closed. Indians most effective in their gorgeous uniforms.

Friday 23 June Dull heavy day. S. & self bad wretched night. Man with telegram next door at 2 AM. banging at door. Had to call him fr. window then he rang for ages. Feel a perfect wreck. S. & E. off at 11 & returned only at 4 o’c. I had my 3 boxes in Roy’s room & packed one for loft, keeping 2 I take to

Vittel. Cap. Shapp & Toula to tea. I had a good rest after lunch. Edgar telephoned Dr Waggett & went & saw him consequently we were late with dinner. Feel anxious about his ear. Pouring rain.

Saturday 24 June Dull & wet early. Out at 10.30 met G. Keith. To Bank, got £7 in gold. My account low only £60 odd. Arranged about money. Bought various things for Vittel. Sophy packed & left at 1 o’c. Edgar out to lunch. I packed on return morg. & afternoon with Marie. Mr & Mrs Denny came to tea & kindly asked Edgar & self to lunch at Grand tomorrow, cannot go. Roy home, had been to see Eton & Winchester match at Eton. Roy & Edgar dined with me.

Sunday 25 June Packed morg & wrote. Edgar of to meet Sophy at Church. Roy to Club. Marie finished packing with me although her morg. out. Spencer arrived at 106 Queens Gate with Hylda & Ada fr. Hardelot France, awful passage. Edgar & Roy dined at home & to bed early. E. looks v. seedy afraid anxious about his ear.

Monday 26 June Taxi 3/- Marie 8d, commissioner 1/3, boy 2d, & book 1/-. Gave dear Roy my keys. Left with Marie in taxi with my luggage 10 o’c, Edgar in another taxi with his, to Vic Sta. Sophy met us there. Brought E. gardenia buttonhole, self 3 roses. Saw H. Dickens on steamer, c’d see how much he feels my Dearest’s death. Had long talk with him. V. comfortable journey E. most attentive & kind, a good manager. V. good lunch in train at Calais of Emma’s. Arrived Paris 6.30, luggage thro’ douane. E. had to pay 19 frs on 48 cigars! Dined & slept Buffet Hotel Paris. Awful noise in streets.

Tuesday 27 June Pd 21fr 60, water ticket. Slept fairly well till 4 o’c, up 7.30. Coffee in my room. Left by 11.10 for Vittel. Couple with dog in our comp’t. Lunched restaurant car. Rained hard. Vittel 5.50. Nice room. Walked thro’ grounds drank water! Pd 21fr 60 cents for glass & ticket. Vy tired. Unpacked. E. to Doctor F(illeg) for me, coming tomorrow 7.30. Palmers at Hotel, Palace Hotel. Good dinner but dull hour after. E. looked vy tired & puffy round eyes, hope he is all right but feel anxious.

Wednesday 28 June E. had massage to his eye & over body afternoon. Good night. Glorious sunny morg, sun in my room, birds singing & all looking bright. Up ¼ to

7, did hair & awaited doctor in bed, the French one. Doctor came 7.30 AM, v. nice man & seems clever. Regime 4½ glasses before breakfast grande source, 2 after 3 o’c same. Walked about with Edgar & famished, not getting anything to eat before 11 o’c, & alone in sale à manger E & self, rest evidently feed at 12 o’c. Thought I had lost my purse, found it, gave Edgar 2 frcs. Page pinned in) Wed 28th June 1911. After excellent lunch to Etablissement new glass covered place facing garden & had coffee. Good band. At 12.30 to my room & rested & slept. Vy noisy people above me. Dressed & joined Edgar at 3.15 in grounds & we both took our water & sat out, lovely afternoon, good band, vy bright & cheery. Little French cocotte & attendant & dog! With lion’s tail! Had bad & dear tea 1 fr. each, garçon 25 cents & brioche 25 cents each. Total each 90 cents & 50 cents for coffee. Owe Edgar 1.40. (Page pinned in) 8.15.6 English. 26 frc French. Marie 3d. Paid 1 frc Paris maid. Book 1/. Papers 2d, cab 3/-. Source ticket Vittel & glass 21 frcs 60. Stamps 2 frcs. Pd Edgar by cheque 29th June £7.19.8. 30th boy 30 cents, work 2 frcs, maid 2 frcs & cotton 20 cents.

Thursday 29 June Glorious morg. Out by 8 o’c, slept well. Drank 3 glasses g’de source. Walked to my room, rested. Had café simple. Hotel forgot cake, c’d have done without! Made out accounts, pd. Edgar £7.19.8. Good lunch. To casino after, only E. coffee. Rested 1.20 till 3. To take water again, 2 glasses ¾. Met Palmers, fine looking but uninteresting, introduced E, sat talking to Mrs P. & missed him till nearly 5 o’c! Good but dear tea 1.25. (Page pinned in) Thursday 29 June. Sat out until 6. To Hotel, dressed & worked, or rather mended! Tea 1fr, brioche 25 & men 30 cents each. Lovely & sunny & warm all day. No letters. E. seemed tired & not well at dinner. New table in window & new waiter, quicker. Flower girl. All windows open in sale à manger, so warm. To casino for E’s coffee. & band, sat other end near restaurant. Feel v. tired & a little side achey. To bed 9.30. Had bath which leaked all over floor. Little chambermaid obliging but rather dull. No coffee after lunch or dinner as I had it at 10 o’c AM in my room before breakfast.

Friday 30 June Letters fr. Roy & darling Maud, Edie & Sophy. Owe Edgar today coffee after lunch & tea. Slept badly, awakened by wall banging. Out later. E. looks better & less livery. After our last glass of water walked to Golf Club House, some distance, but lovely view of fields & hills over course morg. Breakfast 10.30. Gt disorder amongst garçons of Hotel, too many, a dozen to wait on our table & never the same! Vy tiresome. Letter fr. Roy dressing daily at his club, useless 3 maids at home! & high wages.

Rested directly after breakfast & E. went to have his coffee at Casino, met him at 3 o’c at Source. Saw after embouchage of Vittel water, wonderfully done, so clean. (Page pinned in) Friday 30th June 1911. Sat about dull weather sultry & got chilly in wind, some rain. Bought 2 mats to work 2 frcs 20. Sat out till 6 o’c. E. had dry massage & his eye looks better even after 2nd treatment. Dined 7.30 & to Casino after. E. had coffee 2 cups!!! We had tea together at tea place near Source, good, & brioche. Letters fr. darling Maud, Roy, Edie, Sophy today.

Saturday July 1 Slept fairly well, tired, awaited doctor, did not come. 8.30 at Source. Walked about with E. & fed fish, too satiated with food! Had boiled milk 10 o’c at Hotel, lunched at 11. Vy few people in. To Casino after for coffee & band, both bad coffee. Rested & ready by 2.45, worked. E. fetched me, talked to Mrs Palmer & had tea with her at 4.30. E. joined us at 5 & had his separately. We talked some time together. Huge trees removed here & bound round with cords. Tea house will be ready tomorrow. Walked with E. to fishing pond, saw one fish caught. Dined, got another waiter & sat in Hall of Hotel after where E had coffee. (Page pinned in) Saty 1st July. Mr Palmer came over & talked, he complains of the icy menthol stuff used after massage sous l’eau. Horrid & cannot believe it is good for E. Wrote Roy & few lines to Marie. Very dull dark day & colder.

Sunday 2 July Doctor came 7.30 AM. Increased quantity water taken daily, 4 to 5 glasses now morg. & 2 after lunch. Sat & walked with Edgar. 25 cents for chair, 1 frc church, paper 5 cents, woman 10 cents. To church after lunch with E, dreadfully weak sermon. Rested after till 3, then to drink water, & with E. to Golf club house where we had tea & coffee. E. paid 2 frcs. Met Palmers going golf party there. Good dinner & more people, & E. had 2 coffees at Casino with me, I none, To bed 10 o’c.

Monday 3 July Slept well. Out early 8 o’c. E. looks depressed & livery, & feel anxious about him. Walked around as colder & windy. Lunch, rested before E. had massage. Had coffee with E. Casino after lunch. Rested till 2.30. Took water at 3, 5 glasses morg!!! 2 afternoon. To tea at Golf House, good, sat in room, cold but sunny all day. To Casino after dinner. E. looks livery. I to bed early. (Page pinned in) Monday 3rd July. E. took his golf clubs & bought golf balls & left them at club House. E. v. depressed at dinner, worried with waiter, a poor creature but anxious to please feel

sorry for him, has carbuncle on his neck. To Casino after . E. had coffee left early 9 o’c. Letters fr Maudie & Mrs Evans.

Tuesday 4 July Gt commotion Germany sent battleship Panthor to Agadir Morocco. Bath. 1 week. Fine morg. V. cold wind. Had chair 25 cents & again afternoon 2 cents. 5 glasses water morg. Edgar to doctor good report. Talked to Mrs Palmer after lunch, they leave tomorrow. Bought toy 2 frcs 95, 4 stamps 1 frc. Did not go to Casino as E. went to see his doctor. Went before lunch, c’d not see him so hurried off after. E. & self sat in abouné chairs & listened to Band after drinking water 3 o’c & then walked to Golf club where we tea 25 cents, again chair, & Edgar went round course. Sat in Hotel evg & bed at 9 o’c.

Wednesday 5 July Palmers left ¼ to 10. Lovely morg. Much in paper about Germany’s action. Bill Hotel 109.85 for week paid to Edgar 11.15 & 7/9 insurance of luggage coming to be pd. later. E. & self to Martigny les Bains by train fare 2.70, tea there 1 frc each. Had coffee at Casino indigestion after! Charming little place Martigny Park opens on to Station. Vy prettily laid out. (Page pinned in) Wed 5th July. Sat & listened to Band & watched Petits cheveaux. Played & drank some water there, seemed to have iron in it. Few shops or stalls. Bath rooms v. nicely arranged with lounge & charming looking Hotel International on the top of hill. E. went in & said it looked vy cheerful & bright. A good many people sitting in groups listening to the Band & the Petits cheveaux close to under trees & Kiosks with papers & Tea place. We had tea under the trees & then took walk round. Saw gentlemen fishing assiduously in a duck pond smothered with duck. (cutting inserted re marriage 5 July 1911): Victor Thomas George Hore to Ethel daughter of the late Edwin John Herapath & Mrs Herapath of Matfield Place, Matfield, Kent.)

Thursday 6 July Lavatory woman 70 cents, papers 5 cents. Coffee pd E. 50. Tea Golf Club 1 frc. Lovely day v. warm but breezy Dr Bouloumié came, side ache, kidney enlarged, to lie with knees up & rest. 5 glasses water morg, 2 afternoon, 1 taken at night. Vy regular. Sat out read papers. All stocks lower on ac’t of German gunboat Agadier Morocco, feel v. anxious result. To Golf Club, Edgar one round, lost 2 balls! Tea there. Nice looking English gentleman. E. bath. To Casino after dinner, to bed 9.30. Letter only fr. Mrs Beale.

Friday 7 July Heavenly day. Hot. No letters for 3 days! fr. home. Atmosphere clearing à propos Morocco. To Casino after Déjeuner. Coffee 50. Wrote Mrs Beale, Emma & Roy. Tea at new tea house 2.50 with garcon 3 frcs, paid E. 2 frcs days expenses! He always pays for our daily paper. Too hot to go to Golf club. E. had coffee at Hotel after dinner & I to bed 9.30.

Saturday 8 July Lovely day. Vy hot. Papers full of Morocco affair, fear war. See no way out of it without dishonor! E & self coffee at Hotel in Porch. V. hot, discussed many things! Letter fr. Marie about Emma, gout in eyes, so sorry. Wrote to her, Roy & Maud. V. hot sat in Gardens facing Source & had tea in New Pavilion 1.50 each vy expensive too hot to walk to Golf Course. Coffee after lunch at Hotel. To Casino after dinner till 10 o’c. Many more smart women & vy pretty dresses.

Sunday 9 July Cooler a little. Pd E. 1.50 for yesterday. No letters! Pd woman at Source 2 frcs, Paper 5 cents. Noticed no one did needlework out of doors today! Also how much taller the Frenchmen & women are. To Casino for coffee after lunch, too hot for church v. sorry. Sat out after 3 o’c, read. Great crowd of people at tea Pavilion where E. & I had tea at 5. Very dear & skimpy. Gt. trapassing(sic) along verandah when dressing. (Page pinned in) Sunday July 9th 1911. To Casino for E’s coffee after dinner. V. full. Delightful temperature today. Time going at great pace & yet seem to have no time for anything. Wrote to Mrs Wakelin nee Payton, New Zealand.

Monday 10 July Lovely & cooler, strong wind. Docter Bouloumié came explained how meat & vegetables are most digestible. Pd Edgar 2 frcs for yesterday & 5 cents paper. Letters fr. Maud & Mrs Palmer, all going well with dear chicks. Coffee after lunch Casino. Edgar seems quiet & depressed, trust not worrying about his ear. To drink water after rest at 3.30. E. just arrived with me also late. (Page pinned in) Monday 10th July. Left again for Hotel & returned at 10 to 5 with camera, to shop about it, only made it worse. E. got it straight later. Walked to Golf club, E. too late to play. Had tea there, dearer! 1 frc each instead of 75 cents, so owe Edgar 1.25 with fee & 50 for coffee, 1.75 in all. Saw French lady & gentleman there, good dresser, like Ethel Mervyn. Vy late for dinner as E. forgot to call me on way down. Eng. papers more serious about Morocco question & fear worst. E. had coffee in Hotel after as too late for Casino. E. seemed more depressed than ever after dinner & am convinced ear is worrying him,

trust no cause. Our fussy waiter bores him & is certainly tiring. I to bed 9.50.

Tuesday 11 July Lovely day. Slept not so well. Letter fr. dear Roy. Read papers with Edgar in gardens. E. had bath massage before luncheon, seems much brighter. Vy smart ladies luncheon, charming gowns. To coffee Casino. E. v. lively & happy, returned 1.30 for rest. Wrote to Marie, Roy, Bank about C. Argentine allotment calls must be overdue! To Golf club after tea. Edgar played round. (Page pinned in) Tuesday 11th July. I walked home alone. Spanish people near me talking politics c’d understand nothing. Mr (blank) English clergyman ill. Edgar took him my book, fear little dull for him. Dined 7.45. Great many & some smart people at Hotel. We did not go to Casino & he did not have any coffee at all, thinks it makes him livery. Waiting awful at dinner all hurry scurry. A Moor at table alone, looked v. odd, a Jew Moor E. thinks. E. & self talked till 9.30 when I came to bed.

Wednesday 12 July Paid Edgar last evg 5.50 frcs half 3.50 owe him till last evg. V. hot again. No letters! Coffee casino 50 cents. At 3.40 to Contreville with E. felt v. hot & close there fine colonades with mosaique pillars of blue & cream half way up & pump room or Pavilion same all mosaique, fine shops & every convenience in Lavatory & toilets close to the source. Gardens vy prettily laid out, tea place near band. Vy. Primitive, poor & dear, had tea there. (Page pinned in) Wed. 12th July . Toast, bad tea & plenty of horrid cake 2 frcs & garcon 50 cents. Sat out. We each bought a glass 1.50 & returned by 5.40 train. E. had ten shots at target. Paid my bill 107 frcs 65 cents.

Thursday 13 July Lovely day. Very hot & close. Pd Edgar 6 frcs for yesterday & today, 2 coffees 1 frc, fare 1 frc Contreville. 2 teas 2 frcs 50 & glass 1.50 total 6 frcs. No news. Letter fr darling Maud wrote to her & to Edie F. Coffee Casino. Tea in Park Pavilion rather late. All flags put up for tomorrow 14th July Republic Anniversary. Sat about & did not go to casino after dinner. E. told me all about Netrels Nek. Smart Lady & Monsieur, do not recognise Belgian gentleman now his wife & child & governess here.

Friday 14 July No letters. Lovely day, v. hot. English clergyman & wife spoke to us National Anthem & noticed us standing & E. uncovered! Rather tiresome, but friendly, know Langleys & Fletchers. To Casino coffee 5 cents.