Health better. Very cold & bad morning. ―

Fearful day of cold ― rain, fog, wind, & darkness.

No one went to church ―: I wrote a good deal.

Dinner at 1. ― Dessert at 4 ― Tea at 6. ― supper at 9. ― Intervals filled up as may be. ―

The positiveness & wrangling of the 2 boys worries me fearfully: & the loud talking of Guy. ― Mary ― thanks to Miss Staples, is a darling.

In the evening I drew for them. ―

Bed at 10½. Eh! what a loss was Mary Nevill!

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