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6 June 1887 — Ca’ Capello, Venice | |
Monday. 6th June [1887]. A really hot day & I was glad to put on a white gown, We breakfasted for the first time in the long hall. Helped Nela with her drawing. Sat talking to the girls in their room– Directly after lunch the Alstons, Henry, & the girls went off in the gondola with 4 rowers to Burano & Torcello. Old Luigi who was better implored to be allowed to go. As we knew the Dr had forbidden it we at first refused but the old man was so unhappy about it that we had to relent on condition that he did not row & so he went off at the back of the gondola quite happy. Just as they were starting Dr J. O. Richter called & Henry asked him to return tomorrow at 8 A.M. & he remained looking at our pictures a while. I read & worked till 4 when I dressed & went with this evengs dinner in a hired gondola to the Edens’ house. There I found their steam launch ready to start & I transferred myself & the food into it & went to the Edens’ garden. There found Lady Louisa Legge, the 3 Montalbas & Edith Bronson who is better from her fall but not able to accompany us on tonight’s expedition but the rest of us started off for S. Francesco in Deserto where we had agreed to meet our gondola with the others. As we got on we saw a distant storm raging in the terra firma & we doubted whether we should be there before it came on to pour. We arrived just as the rain began & we went in to the convent. After a while it cleared & we thought we could return to the launch and dine in it as the grass was now too wet to sit on. Abt 8 the gondola at last came in sight & we began to warm the soup when down came the rain again & as soon as the gondola came we agreed to accept the good monks offer of a room to dine in & we had the food all carried there. A nice little room opening on the cloisters was given us & there we arranged ourselves & old Luigi was invaluable as he & Federigo the Edens’ man waited on us. We had our coffee out in the cloisters & chatted with the benedetti padri (as old Luigi called them) who were very pleasant & who also refused to take any money for their poor. It was past 10 when we set off on the journey home. The moon was veiled by clouds but it no longer rained. We had to go a good way round to the steam launch so we got to our door at the same moment as the gondola & it was just 12 as I got into bed. | |
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