Saturday 16 June 1838

Fine morning Fahrenheit 66 1/2° - breakfast at 9 38/60 - dressed - Josephine not come

Ann and I out in the carriage at 12 3/4 - at the bank to order the payment of sixty francs to Mr. Möet for the dozen still champagne sent to me aux soins de Monsieur Quillacq à Calais - then to Miss Daniel Cabourg about Ann's riding dress

Then to the Jardin des Plantes - then at 2 in the cabinet de l'histoire naturelle till 3 10/60 - Ann much pleased - went myself with Lefevre to the administration for admission billets - Mr. ..... who spoke English so well died about 2 years ago - and Mademoiselle Duvauscell that was has at last had the desired good fortune to marry and the Benedict is Monsieur le Comte Admiral Ducrest de Villeneuve Prefet Maritime à Lorient in Brittany (vide 8th instant page 223 bis)

From the musée to the Sevres to see my old friend Newmann now head gardener looking portly and well, but too large and suffering from liver complaint? something in his side - adhesion he seemed to say - but not looking as if hepatic adhesion was his maladie - full of his visit last year to Chatsworth - the Duke of Devonshire made a fête on purpose for him and seems to have treated him with great kindness and good humour and familiarity alias condescension - Newmann said the duke was much taken with the Sevres at the Jardin des Plantes and he 1st thought to have sevres like them - then afterwards had the idea of his present immense conservatory Then went to see Madame Newmann, and stood talking to her some time while she prepared her petit diner

Then returned by the rue d'Orléans to seek the remise my porter had told me of - no remise to let - passed the Pont du Jardin des Plantes at 4 35/60, for Ann to see the view up and down the river, and home by the boulevards - on passing stopt to see the Màrché du Temple, but no old furniture there - chiefly old clothes and new all sorts of bedding and couvertures, and household pots and pans and tins &c. &c. - a queerish place for ladies to go into - then Chez Feliz - and bought tea at Roberts Place Vendôme to see if Mrs. Roberts was going to England par Diligence - no!, the name is Robertson - some stranger that will be Oddy's companion, - Roberts took me for a Russian so on my asking for the best tea he had gave me Pecco, a fine at 16 francs a lb pound did not know I was English or would not have given it me - sure I should not like it - no English person did like it - Madame de Bourke common Souchong at 7 francs with an ounce + (at 1st. he said 2oz ounces) of Pecco at 16/-, or perhaps second qualité at 14/- 

Home at 6 found Josephine who had been about her passport in the morning and brought it all ready - dinner at 7 1/4 - asleep - Had the hairdresser (Carré) to dress my hair that Josephine might see the style of doing it - he charged me 3/- on account of the lesson she had taken - came to my room at 10 had Josephine - then sat at my accounts &c. till 1 35/60 tonight at which hour Fahrenheit 68 1/2° - fine day.  

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

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