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18 February 1882 — 3 Savile Row | |
Saturday. 18th February [1882]. I got up after breakfast. Spent all the morning writing notes, letters &c Mrs Rassam & Theresa came to lunch. The latter is about 9—very fat & with enormous black Chaldean eyes. Henry & I went at 3 to see Lady Eastlake who has been very ill with inflammation of a lung since we saw her. She looked very much pulled down. She & Henry talked art a great deal & he has urged her to write an article on Raffaelle & on Morelli’s book “Die Werke Italiänsche Meister.” Henry went from there to the club. I went to leave the photo of Mme Pilat’s map for Mr Lowell who has promised to try & sell it to an American. Called on Mrs Birch just opposite us & found there Miss Barbara Layard & Miss Sabonadierè & they came on with me & had tea with me. Maria came to tea & also Ethel Ponsonby. We dined with Ld & Ly Galloway & met there the Tavistocks, Lady Feo & Mr Frank Bertie, Lord Bateman, Mr Charteris, Lady Margaret Cecil. Lord & Lady Reay, Sir Archibald & Lady Campbell, Count [illegible word]. Mr Bertie took me to dinner & I sat by Lord Bateman—both were pleasant, the dinner was good. Lord Galloway had the gout & could scarcely hobble about with a stick. The house 17 Up. Gros: St is just done up & very prettily done—with great taste. We came home early. Lord Bateman spoke of the “Clôture” & condemned it—he expects many will abstain from voting & Gladstone will get a small majority. He was very complimentary about Henry & said he considered him an old Palmerstonian & wished there were more men of that sort. We were invited to dine with the Henry Reeves the other night but were engaged. We heard from that Lord Derby had dined there & that in the course of conversation he had remarked that there were only 2 despatches in these days which would become historical & one was Henrys despatch on leaving Constantinople. | |
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