O! dreary ― dreadful terrible days!! ―

Very bright & fine. Rose at 7 & walked up the [Ofton] Down. X.

Bah. ― returned. Mr. Frankland. ― Letters, Maria HornbyEllen, Mrs. Foy, & others: & to which I wrote several. I think I shall go from here on Monday. X

Coloured penned=drawings.

At 4.30 resolved to go to AT’s ― but was too late.

Λοιπὼν, ἐγευμάτισα μόνος.1 ――

[Transcribed by Marco Graziosi from Houghton Library, Harvard University, MS Eng. 797.3.]

  1. So, I dined alone (NB). []