Wednesday 27 November 1839

Fine warm morning Reaumur +2 = Fahrenheit 36 1/2 outside and Fahrenheit 66 on my bedroom table now at 9 40?/60 and breakfast from 9 40/60 in about 3/4 hour - then had the Russian girl 10 minutes - then Mrs. Howard and the shawl man till Mr. Camidge came about 11 1/2 and staid 2 hours

Ann and I stood (and sat) and stood talking out at 3 1/4 she thinks Princess Radzivill deos [sic] not wish for us so often

To the Kremlin palace - the upper walk full of snow - then walked 1/2 hour in the gardens at the foot of the walls - then took 2 turns on the Tverskoi boulevard and came in at 4 1/2

Reading Lord Royston - dressed - dinner at 6 - off at 7 to the to the young Countess Panin - drank tea with her - nobody but ourselves

At 9 1/2 went down to the old Countess Panin - 1st visit - one Lady and the Governing General and several gentries there - the old Countess the gentries soon made 2 tables the governor general at one whist, and the old Lady at one Boston - the Countess and the Lady and Ann and I then made another whist table and played till 12 1/4 - a very good supper handed round as we played cards - played 1/2 rouble points, and Ann and I playing together lost 2 rubbers = 23/- i.e. 11/50 each of us - It seemed we had to pay for the cards (2 packs) - but for these I suppose we only paid 1/2 - good style - the old Countess handsome of æt 64 very good countenance - spirituelle

Home at 12 1/2 - very fine day - Fahrenheit 66 in our salon now at 2 10/60 tonight and Reaumur +1 = about Fahrenheit 32

Reading the 1st 10 pages of the political article in the Quarterly Review for October last after coming home which made me so late in bed - Mr. Camidge brought us this number this morning to be kept till Monday 

WYAS: SH:7/ML/E/23/0135 & SH:7/ML/E/23/0136

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