Monday 18 June 1838

Fine morning - breakfast at 9 1/2 - Fahrenheit 70 1/2 at 10 20/60 a.m.

Ann paid Oddy's last 1/2 year's wages which deducting £4.2.6 paid in account and for her gown = £4.17.6 and gave her £5 (gold and 20/- silver English money) for her journey in England and 10 francs for her eating in 22 hours from here to Boulogne - all the rest of her expences paid from here to London - If her journey from London = more than £5 Samuel Washington to pay the deficit - sent off George and Lefevre with Oddy to Laffitte Diligence at 11 3/4 and they said she was off precisely at one

At 12 I had done writing out my business letters and sent away the carriage till 2 - heavy rain and thunder at 1 50/60 - writing - sent off my letter written yesterday to 'Mrs. Briggs Shibden hall Halifax Yorkshire Angleterre' and to 'Mr. Samuel Washington Crownest Halifax Yorkshire Angleterre'

Dressed - out at 2 1/2 to no. 5 rue de l'univesité and sat 1/4 with Mademoiselle (Madeleine) de Noé - la comtesse engaged with her couturière and not visible offered to take any small parcel - much obliged - will send a small one for her at, Madame de Cazenave, tonight - pâte d'amande and a few little things

Home at 3 5/60 and Ann and I out shopping - at Privat's said they ought to pay the carriage of the gloves to Tarbes - could not get them to do this tho' they owned the fault was not mine but they would have it was not theirs - annoyed - said I would let them know in the morning whether I would have the gloves sent after us to Tarbes or not - bought hat-case for George rue St. Honoré - sent away the carriage from Michel's - Ann and I walked to another shop in the rue St. Honoré en face celle du marché and bought travelling, and home at 5 1/2

At 7 10/60 had written a 1/2 sheet full to Lady Stuart and to Lady Stuart de Rothesay to announce my being off for St. Sauveur tomorrow, same route as in 1830 including going by Chartres to see the cathedral - copied these two letters and enclosed my letter to 'the honourable Lady Stuart' and to 'the Lady Stuart de Rothesay' under cover to Lord Stuart de Rothesay 4 Carlton terrace' and enclosed the packet in a 1/2 sheet to 'H.P. Heneage Esquire British Embassy' having written within 'Miss Lister will be very much obliged to Mr. Heneage to forward the enclosed packet to Lord Stuart de Rothesay' - sent off Lefevre with the packet to the embassy at 8

Dinner at 8 - Looked out things to take to Rue St. Victor and just as all was put into the fiacre and I was stepping into it (Ann being ahead seated) at 9 20/60 a young man brought the parcel from Madame de Noé for Madame de Cazenave Noé - thought I knew the face - it was the youngest de Noé - just went upstairs with him to see the parcel left in safety, and after a minute of civilities returned to the fiacre and off to rue St. Victor at 9 25/60 - Ann poorly and could not do anything when we got there so did not stay more than 1/4 hour meaning to come again tomorrow before being off for Chartres - left 15 volumes tonight done up in 2 parcels, and placed upon one of the emptiest book shelves

Home in 1/2 hour at 10 3/4 - the Portière had given me letter from Quillacq Calais announcing his receipt of the dozen of Champagne from Moët Epernay, - thunder and lightning and heavy rain between 1 and 2 p.m. otherwise fine day - Fahrenheit 70 3/4 at 12 tonight.  

WYAS: SH:7/ML/E/21/0123 & SH:7/ML/E/21/0124

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