Wednesday 10 April 1839

Fine morning Fahrenheit 41 inside and 42 1/2 outside at 9 a.m. Ann had a motion on getting up and seems rather better Ann got up a little before 8 - backwards and forwards with Ann breakfast at 9 in 1/2 about 1/2 hour - with Ann about

Out at 10 3/4 - to Listerwick - all seemed going tolerably - Robert Mann and William Lord and Ben and Thomas Sharp began this morning filling for my own carts and George Naylor (my 3 horses and his 2) stuff from reservoir water drift in John Oates's field down to the meer embankment-breach - Jack Green following after the carts

Then to Sunwood - the frost had been so severe they had not been working - one man there dressing wall stone about nearly 2 roods done and about 2 roods to dress

Then across the fields from the quarry to Langley's farm (Booth's) at Hipperholme - Booth and his family slept there last night 1st. time - Mrs. shewed me over the house - she takes pride in it; and all will be very nice - told Booth to see about the bit more baring wanted at Sunwood (to loose a mass of stone by the natural seam) to see about parpoints for Listerwick blacksmith's shop, and to go to spa house and see what wall had tumbled down and to see what could be done in the kitchen here about an iron boiler for having hot water

Home again in 1 3/4 hour as the servants dinner bell rang (at 12 1/2) then with Ann at her luncheon - then walked 10 minutes with her in front of the house till Mrs. Parkinson came to speak to Ann said she had not paid the ten pounds - but times very bad - then Mr. Jubb came - all right she did not take 2 more pills last night - to take one tonight and the remaining third of the mixture tomorrow morning - 1 3/4 grains calcium in each pill - the mixture in a 6 oz. ounce bottle = 12 tablespoonful - Mr. Jubb staid perhaps about 20 minutes then walked with Ann again till she was tired - perhaps walked this second time 20 minutes or more

Then left Ann lying on her sofa, and I came upstairs read last night's paper and ate gingerbread till Ann came to me a little before 3

At 3 or before Joseph Mann came to say Robert could not manage the drum - they had narrowly escaped accidents and not a man about the place would go down again till there was an alteration - Joseph had drawn up David Mann with the jenny - durst not trust the engine - David would have been killed - for Robert could not stop it - Told Joseph to put the few coals we have up into the cabin to be ready for the engine, and lock up and leave the place, and go for Holt who must see me directly

Joseph and his man to begin tomorrow to do up for Pearson about the waterwheel whence we have just removed the scale

Wrote all but the first lines of today till 3 25/60 - then with Ann making out her cottage rental = about (upwards) £270 per annum

Booth came about (before) 5 to send his cart tomorrow for parpoints (1/2 rood ready) to Sun- wood quarry, and then to bring the tower windows glass from Halifax where it has lain in the warehouse above a month - he is also to get, and send by his cart a 12 gallon iron boiler for the kitchen - my own carts too busy at the scale in John Oates's field to be taken off - about 1/2 rood of wall done at Spa - Robert Mann to send William Lord to do it up immediately - the passage flagging finished this evening except the last flag up to the South door left unlaid till Mr. Harper says what is to be done about moving the door a little forwarder into the porch

With Ann till dinner at 7 10/60 - she read 3 1/2 pages of French - she seems rather better this evening? - left the dining room about 8 1/4 - wrote the last 9 lines -  coffee - read tonight's paper and then a few pages of Mitford volume 1. to page 97/450 quarto London 1784.

Fine day - Fahrenheit 42 1/2 inside and 35 1/2 outside now at 10 3/4 p.m. came upstairs at 10 1/2 Ann and I stood talking in the blue room 1/4 hour

WYAS: SH:7/ML/E/23/0018

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