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24 April 1873 — Madrid | |
Thursday. 24th [April 1873]. A very restless night & we heard the artillery pass back to the barracks at abt 4½ o’cl: At daybreak we heard papers called & at 8½ we had an extraordinaire of the Correspondencia. It confirmed the news of the laying down of the arms of the volunteers in the bullring—said that not more than 5 or 6 people had been killed—the Govt had dissolved the permanent Commission who had escaped with their lives– It appears that Serrano is not taken as said last night. At 10 Beck came to give me his last lesson– Henry called me in the middle of it to speak to a lady who had come from Sr Albareda to see if we would give him shelter. She said he was hiding at Mme Saavedra’s little house in the Fuente. We of course begged her to tell him to come when he liked, & I ordered all our spare rooms to be prepared so that we might be ready for any one who came. The post came in at last today & I got letters & one from Blanche giving a good account of Merthyr. At lunch Rancès came in looking very down, he came to see whether Serrano was here as he was hiding no one knew where. As he left Llorente arrived to ask whether Topete might come here & we told him to bring him—5 minutes after came 2 gentlemen to enquire whether the Marquis of Sardoal was here—& went off again in search of him as his wife was anxious to know abt him– I wrote to Blanche & after 5 Henry & I went out for a walk, we went up the Alcala to the Prado—did not meet many private carriages but of course a great many people idling abt. Coming up the Carrera S. Geronimo we met Canitz & Bernar & the Marquis de Mudela & had a long gossip. It appears that the Cortès is open & full of people that every thing moveable had been already cleared out. We met Comyn who told us that the Koudriaffskys had gone out last night to dine with the Canitz & on the way home had been stopped 5 times; it was most imprudent their having gone. We got home abt 6 & soon Albareda walked in. He said that last night they had gone to his house & taking his brother for him had led him out to shoot him & finding out their mistake let him go—that his brother had warned him & he had hidden all night. He came here in Salamanca’s carriage with 3 other gentlemen. We told him to have dinner & that probably he would be joined by Topete & at 8 we went out to dine at Sickles’ who was giving a “banquete” to wh Serrano was [to] have gone. Of course he did not appear neither did Castelar & many others who were expected. The Count Almina came without his wife. It appears that they both set out to come but the carriage was stopped & ordered back & he got out & walked—& then took the tramvia. We had therefore only the members of the Corps Diplomatique to dinner. We came home at 11 thoroughly bored with our dinner wh was as bad as possible wine included. Topete did not come– | |
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