Friday 29 July 1836
No kiss
Much rain in the night Fahrenheit 61 now at 7 10/60 a.m. and small rain and very damp – very rainy morning – out from 7 10/60 for an hour – with the Wood at the Low fish pond – pulled the plugs up to let all the water off – he + 5 (Sam and Jack and Matthew and Richard and Benjamin) all to set to at the pond and repuddle and sod up whole cistern – end of it – had set 4 to spread the manure in the paddock – called them off – some time taking shelter at the Lodge – Robert Schofield and Joseph Sharp and John Booth to spread manure – Frank to cart puddle for the pond
Till 9, copying out letters into business Letter Book then breakfast and heard Ann her French and with her looking about in the new cellar &c. till 11
Then out in spite of the rain at the Low fish pond, - and about – Ann rode to Cliff hill between 2 and 3 and in spite of the perpetual and heavy showers got there and back – gleams
No fault in the embankment and puddling of the Low fish pond – in doubt whether to put down a new stone cistern at a little distance from the present one, on which I inclined to must case a sufficient portion of the present cistern with lead
At 2 sent John off for Mr. Husband – Husband of my opinion – best to have a lead cistern or the plan I mentioned – to puddle up 4 feet deep of the present cistern, and then set on the top of the puddle a lead cistern 2 feet deep – Mr. Husband to send up 1 of Mercer’s men, the glazer employed at the Lodge, immediately – only sorry we had pulled up any part of the embankment – all the leakage from the water getting out of the cistern – had the glazer to lengthen out the pipe from the cistern into the pond and from the present cistern to rise into the lead one – staid with the men till 6 3/4; and they were to stay to finish redoing up the embankment taken down nearly done, puddled and sodded up again, when I came in
Dinner at 7 – coffee – Ann read her French
Had Thomas Pearson promised him the fog at 20/- per Day Work till the 1st of November but said at last I might perhaps give till the 15th of November – would deduct whatever quantity of land might spoil with draining and getting up tree roots – the cows to be driven into the land carefully and come down to it thro’ the hall croft – to be railed off from the meer 300 yards of railing by next Monday week if possible
Letter from J. M. (Maria Fowles) æt. between 40 and 50, wages 40 guineas, lived last with Mrs. Pulteney 36 Grosvenor Place London – health good – understands every branch of cookery and confectionery – will be glad to come here if I think her likely to suit me
Letter also 4 pages of 1/2 sheet, from Lady Stuart de Rothesay dated the 28th instant, 4 Carlton House Terrace – enclosing a note from Prince André de Galitzin recommending a Swiss courier – perhaps likely to suit me. Lady Stuart gone to the Lodge – Louisa Stuart anxious to be off ‘beyond tears’ and hoping my journey might somehow further theirs – ‘the anniversary of this glorious day we spent together – I have a picture of Louis Philippe now staring me in the face – he had reigned 5 years no trifle’ – told Ann I thought perhaps I could make up some partnership travelling concern – Ann delighted at the thought
Ann had Letter from Mr. Watson (Mr. Gray’s office) to say the deeds would be ready by the middle of August Jonathan's father would advance the eight thousand – the money – would be inconvenient to him to wait till December so if Ann from home hope the purchase could be completed in her absence
With my aunt 1/4 hour – then sat reading the newspaper and then till 11 wrote all but the 1st six lines of today.
Rainy day – Fahrenheit 52 1/2 now at 11p.m. and raining.
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