 | Lady Layard’s Journal Go to a Date Search the Journal |
|
Previous Entry
|
Following Entry
| |
6 March 1883 — 3 Savile Row | |
Tuesday. 6th March [1883]. Breakfasted in bed & got up at 11. Squire Burr & his niece Isabel, Blanche & Alice & Bee Eliot came to lunch. Blanche assisted at my toilette & at 2.15 Henry & I went off to the drawing room. A bitter cold day & showers of snow with intervals of bright sun. I wore dark blue velvet dress with white broche print & blue silk train lined with light blue– The Entrée room was very full. I found Lady Lytton there & had a long talk with her. She looked lovely & sweet. I followed her & her husband when they went past the Queen & she looked very stately. H.M. smiled kindly & shook hands with me—also the Pss of Wales, Pss Beatrice, Pss Mary, Dukes of Albany, Cambridge & Teck– At the last part of the performance Henry went stepping on my gown wh made a cracking accompaniment to our progress– We stayed a little while to see the others pass to the presence room & then bundled home. While waiting for the carriage we were with Gladstone some minutes. Had not seen him since his return from Cannes. Must say he looked worn, old, wizen then wild & rather wicked! but he was civil & amiable. When we came away it was snowing hard– Found Mrs Austin & Mrs Bagot & Blanches 2 children waiting to see me on my return. As I was in dressing Henry came & put into my hand a note he had received from Lord Granville saying that altho’ Paget was going to leave Rome he did not intend to offer the post to Henry & that he let him know this on account of the reports that had been spread– This is very hard to bear after all that has gone before & that Granville so often hinted to Henry that he had only to wait quietly & bide his time. Even last spring when Henry told G. that he had thoughts of going into Parliament G. recommended him not to do so but to wait patiently for a time. However as I had Mrs Austin & Mrs Bagot waiting for me in the drawing room I had not time to dwell on the subject & had to hasten downstairs & swallow the blow as I could! Henry said he wd write to ask to see L. Granville. We dined at John Murrays 50 Albemarle St to meet Mr Elevin who took me in to dinner. Mrs Murray did not appear at all. Met Col. & Mrs Scott, the young John Murrays, Mr Fergusson, Mr Spencer Childers & his fiancée Miss Leslie– Annie Murray sang in the eveng. We did not stay very late. | |
|
Previous Entry
|
Following Entry
| |