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20 August 1898 — Peterborough Minster Precincts, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | |
Saturday. 20th August [1898]. Worked buttonholes for Eda’s dress. The Dean came to call in the morning & to bid me good bye. I went with Kate to see old Mr Harlach the Cathedral verger who is very ill. He lives in the Precincts. He was up & dressed & downstairs in his parlour but looking very ill and breathing very badly. He told us a long story about his family & how on his mother’s side he was legally heir to large estates—the Stockwell estates. As I did not understand about it or know what he meant I could not follow him. When I left he sent a message to my brother Monty. He said when he Harlach was servant to Mr George Fitzwilliam my brother Monty used to stay there & Harlach had a great admiration for him. He said “Tell Mr Montague Guest I hope we shall meet in heaven.” After lunch Mary & Reggie took photographs of us all in the garden. Nellie & I left Peterboro’ by the 4.15 train which started late & on getting to Hitchin we found the Hatfield train we had intended to catch was gone. We had some tea in the refreshment room & took the next train arriving here at 7. Walked up to Chaplain’s House from the Station– Found my Savile Row housemaid Fanny had arrived from town to bring Turk the dog—but had lost him en route– He had jumped out of the train at Potter’s Bar, the station before Hatfield & run away. Nellie at once returned to the station & took the next train to Potter’s Bar—& only returned here at 9.30 without Turk. He had returned to that station at 7 & then gone off again. Monty A. & I dined at 8—& Nelly dined when she returned from Potter’s Bar– | |
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