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8 January 1886 — Inwood, Henstridge, Somerset | |
Friday. 8th [January 1886]. Henry & I left Inwood by 11.30 train & returned to town. There was still frost & as we got near town we found a great deal of snow. Lord Wolverton went up to town by the same train as we did & in the same carriage. He talked a great deal of politics & declared himself more of a radical than ever & a firm believer in Gladstone & professed himself ready to give the Irish home rule. He said he had been staying with Gladstone a short time ago & he told us how injudicious Mrs Gladstone is in her ways, how she prevents G from reading the newspapers & only reads him out what she wishes him to know even leaving out half a sentence & that Gladstone said once to him (Wolverton) “I am glad to find so & so entertain such & such views,” the fact being that the person alluded to only began his sentence in one way in order to be able to refute the opinion at the end of the phrase. We went straight home to 1 Queen Anne St & had a little refreshment & Henry drove out again to an Arundel Society meeting. It was very cold ½ freezing & the snow in the streets was half trodden down & ½ ice. I did not go out again. Maria came to tea. I had an alarming letter from Miss Oliver to say Temmy was much worse. Maria had been to see her & found her a little better. This sudden severe weather had been very bad for her– Poor Mr Fergusson who had had a stroke but had rallied very much is also much worse & not expected to live. | |
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