Sunday 14 April 1839

Fine but dull morning Fahrenheit 47 3/4 inside and 43 3/4 outside at 8 50/60 and breakfast in 1/2 hour

Then came upstairs and sat reading 'Every Man his Own Butler' good till 10 35/60 when Ann came to me - worse than ever this morning what shall I do with her we must get off 

Walked with Ann in front of the house from 10 40/60 to 11 20/60 and she then lay down on my bed beside me

Had Robert Mann while we were walking - came for orders for tomorrow - to be off the scale carting for a couple of hours in the morning to get stone (from Jonathan Mallinson's) for pitching the inside of the meer-embankment breach

While Ann lay down wrote copies of letters in answer to the one of last night and wrote copy of letter for Ann or much altered what she had written to her sister before and after her luncheon

With Ann at luncheon at 12 3/4 - wrote the last 3 lines now at 1 40/60 Ann sitting by me writing to her sister - at colliery accounts till 2 25/60

Mr. Horsfall did all the duty - preached (I asleep the greater part of the time) 28 minutes from 1 Epistle St. John v. first part of verse 10

20 minutes at Cliff hill - Mrs. Ann Walker looking very well - asked if Ann had seen Mr. Jubb again but never asked (never has she once asked) how Ann was - poor Mrs. Ann Walker all is not right with her - she fancies us on the eve of going and perhaps fancies Ann sent for Mr. Jubb by way of excuse for getting off, as if Ann was not independent of all excuses, and quite at liberty to go where and do what she pleases

Home at 5 1/2 having stopt a minute or 2 at the school after leaving church - poor Ann this school giving up business has been and is a great mortification I blame it much for her present lowness she has been terrible today tried to cheer her and dry up her tears before dinner and talk of being off on Whitsuntide Tuesday - Paris or Saint Petersburg

Dinner at 6 1/2 - read French

Letter 3 pages and ends from Mariana Lawton - in good sorts - chiefly on her happiness at getting rid of their rector Mr. Frederic Ford - glad to hear from me - would have forgiven silence had I written on any other day than my birthday - should not have been governed by my silence not writing 'had not their silence of months not now of weeks made me doubt whether an uncalled for letter might not interfere with their intention of gradually letting slip not only from their memory, but from all claim upon their time the friends of former days'

Coffee - skimmed over last night's and tonight’s London papers - mused and looked about a few minutes in the hall, and wrote the last 17 lines till 9 1/4 - when Ann went to have a motion the first since Friday spite of the two Brodie pills last night poor Ann I wish she was better how miserable to see her as she is!

Vide last night's paper of Friday 12th. instant page 5 column 1. Death of Lord Caledon in the early part of the week, at Caledon house, county of Tyrone - then read from page 311 to end of 317 end of interesting not laudatory article on Captain Scott's travels in Andalusia, and then turned to the article (last Quarterly number 126) page 369 and read 3 or 4 pages on the 'State and prospects of Asia'

Came upstairs at 10 20/60 at which hour Fahrenheit 48 inside and 44 outside - fine day 

WYAS: SH:7/ML/E/23/0020 & SH:7/ML/E/23/0021

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