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16 May 1898 — 3 Savile Row | |
Monday. 16th [May 1898]. When I went downstairs in the morning abt 10 I found Arthur was better. He had had a good night and was quite connected & himself. His couch was wheeled into the drawing room—& he eat a good breakfast. I sat with him while he read the paper & talked about the news it contained. Mildred came to see me & ask after her father but did not see him, nor did her husband Jack Mansell who came a little later. Mary Alderson came abt 12 & she & Nellie went out together shopping. I turned out a china cupboard with Jane, Arthur’s cook. Mary stayed to lunch with us & then we went & sat with Arthur & had our coffee & he was amused to see Mary. Mr Alfred Burton came at 3 to see him & then I went out driving with Blanche & Onie. Nellie, Irène & Mary walked together. We were driving home thro’ Hyde Park when I saw Mr Bond driving his phaeton behind us– We were delayed by the quantity of traffic in Piccadilly & to my surprise on getting to the door of this house I found Mr Bond’s phaeton at the door & he was sitting drinking tea with Arthur, Nelly & Mrs Jellicoe. Mr Bond’s friend Mrs Tweedie came to call on me so I went downstairs with Mr Bond to receive her. She is a handsome woman—& pleasant. Mr G. Russell came to call– He told me he had been to see old Gladstone for the last time—found him very weak & saying he knew he was dying. But Mrs Gladstone had said when Mr Russell told him how much he admired the trees & Park “Yes, she said, I dont want to leave it all—I suppose we are getting old—tho’ we don’t feel old”– My sister Connie came to see me—& I told her that this morning I had told Arthur that she came to enquire after him & sent him her love wh pleased her. Mrs Jellico had been playing bésique with Arthur this afternoon wh he had not cared to do for a week past– He is wonderfully better today– One can hardly believe it after the state he was in on Saty. He saw Mr Macaulay & Mr Beasley both on railway business & talked quite clearly with them. Nelly & I dined in the studio & then she went to the theatre to meet Mary, Onie & Irène a treat Arthur had wished to give them. After my dinner I went up to his room. He had gone to bed—but he was awake & asked me to sit with him & talked a good deal quite sensibly only sometimes wandering. He asked me to read the paper to him & I read a little & talked a little till near 10 when he had some arrowroot & I left him & hope he is now asleep. | |
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