Sunday 24 June 1838

Very fine morning up at 6 40/60 for 20 minutes then went to bed again till 7 25/60 - Fahrenheit 69 and very fine morning at 8 1/2 - writing out journal till breakfast at 10

Josephine went to mass - Ann and I said prayers, at 11 had George up, in 1/2 hour - then left Ann to write in the salon, and I came to my room, and wrote till 5 having written up my journal down to 3/4 of Friday - dinner at 5 to 6

Ann and I out at 6 1/2 to see the cathedral - sauntered thro' the old church , the nave still fine and perfect, now the hotel de St Julien, and thence direct to the cathedral looked about us a little and just got into the cathedral before the rain and thunder and lightning came - in the cathedral from 7 to 8 - several people taking shelter there besides ourselves - the lightning illuminated the church - very heavy rain - abated a little and came home in 10 minutes during this rather abated rain and did not get wet - (parasols and shawls kept the wet off) - had hardly got in before the storm came on again and continued after 10 p.m.

Fine cathedral - plain gothic interior and very handsome - the glass of the whole of the choir and apse the west end and 2 transept ends richly painted - the organ at the south end of south transept blocking 1/2 the fine painted rosacea window - an altar at the north end of transept and a tall stone pillar prop up against the centre of the great arch over the fine painted rosacea window - never saw so light a nave - so bewindowed a church - the back of the gallery above the nave-aisle arches and all round the church at this level is windows - this has a very striking effect - I never remember to have seen the like before - one looks up and sees all the flying buttresses, and the top 1/2 the church seems all windows

Got all ready for being off at 6 a.m. tomorrow and then till 11 25/60 had written to thus far to my great pleasure - it seems now to be fair - the thunder and lightning seemed to cease about 9 p.m. - Fahrenheit 60 3/4 now at 11 25/60 p.m.

WYAS: SH:7/ML/E/21/0128

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