Thursday 21 November 1839

Slept very comfortably - fine morning Fahrenheit 59 1/2 on my table (in my bedroom) at 9 1/2 a.m. - breakfast in about an hour

Out (Ann staid at home) at 10 42/60 - at the boulevard in 3 minutes - walked slowly to avoid heating myself as yesterday - took 5 turns in 1 1/2 hour - measured the length of the walk by counting the low rails along the side - and think the length cannot fall many yards short of 1/2 an English mile - home in 3 minutes at 12 18/60

Mr. Camidge here - changed my dress as usual and came into the room at 12 1/2 and he staid till 2 1/2 having been (said Ann) 1/2 hour or at least 20 minutes before my coming in - he ended by asking the temperature of our rooms, Fahrenheit 62 1/2 = about R- Reaumur 13 1/4 he being quite starved - very civil - will send more newspapers, and perhaps a Quarterly Review - mentioned Mr. Evans again - apparently a clever, odd man - is tutor to General Michel Orloff's son - but has probably saved a competence - has a brother in some situation, professor I suppose, in the military school at Woolwich - Countess Panin was a pupil of Mr. Evans's - Mr. Rowan lost millions of roubles by the French in invasion in 1812 - many of the persons owing him large sums denied that they had ever had any transaction at all with him, the proper proof-documents being destroyed, and even swore this on their evangelists therefore Mr. Rowan lost and was ruined Dr. Clark made Mr. Rowan's house his home - dined chez lui when he liked this was du temps de l'Empereur Paul - It seems, it is the Princess Mestchersky that is Mr. Camidge's great protectrice - Somehow his conversation not particularly instructive - he said Dr. Haes was appointed not by government but by Committee to look after the prisoners - and if he did not undertake the office, who would? - good to see they have all their little comforts - all their effects, money and clothes, written down or they might be despoiled of these by the way - How? Poor people! thought I, they have not much worth the soldiers' taking

Ann and I stood and sat talking till I took up my journal and had written so far, all but the 1st. line of today, till now 4 25/60 - Mr. de Richter came this morning just after I went out, and brought and left 2 volumes of Reiff's Dictionnaire Russe-Français - then at rough copy of letter to Mr. Parker till now 5 50/60 - dinner at 6 5/60 in 33 minutes

Ann and I walked - dressed at 7 10/60 off to the Ourousoff's at 7 40/60 and there in 1/4 of hour - nobody but Miss Delamine, the old English or Irish lady, and ourselves - princess Radzivill very poorly yesterday and today - rather better before we came away at 10 10/60 and home in 1/4 hour

Sat reading till after 12 - cold the poele not heated in my room - Fahrenheit 59 3/4 in my bedroom - Fahrenheit 62 in the salon at 11 1/2 p.m. and Reaumur -4 at that hour outside the dining room window = about Fahrenheit 23 fine dry - but much snow had fallen before we went out this evening and much more before we returned.

WYAS: SH:7/ML/E/23/0131 & SH:7/ML/E/23/0132

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