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20 January 1900 — 3 Savile Row | |
Saturday. 20th [January 1900]. Had a visit from Lady Poynter in the morng. She was very nice & talked seriously & kindly. We have known each other for years—& used to meet at Mrs Burr’s nice parties at Aldermaston when we were young. We agreed that it is sad to lose ones friends as one grows old & difficult to replace them with new friends—but I maintained it is right to try & do so as one otherwise remains very solitary. We went on to talk of home life & the duty of every woman to make it pleasant for those with whom one lives—& the steady purpose one must have to be good—not only for ones self but for the sake of the influence of one’s every word on others—& she said she was persuaded that was the explanation of the text that we shall have to give account for every idle word. She offered to go with me to the National Gallery where I have not had the courage to go since Henry left me—& I promise to do so. Later I had a visit from Elaine Villiers who is in town for a few days. After lunch I walked out to Q. Anne’s Mansions to call on Lady Gregory but did not find her– I took a cab to Bryanston St & called on Mrs Arthur Hanson & sat with her a little while. She is now perfectly stone deaf & looks ill but says she is quite well now. She is a believer in the faith cure & is a marvellous instance of the odd effect of it. Two years ago the Drs here tried to operate on her for removing a tumour. When they got half through it they found it impossible as it was too late—so she went back to her Faith cure & instead of dying in 6 months as the Drs said she must—she is alive & says she is well. I went home to tea. Nellie returned from the country & went out to dinner– My sister Connie dined with me. We had a long talk abt her troubles with her son Ernest & I found that she has hampered herself for him & got into debt for her own clothes so I offered to lend her £150 which she says will clear her. In order to try & prevent her being extravagant in future I told her I would lend her the money instead of keeping a carriage for myself this winter. I think it will make an effect on her if she feels it is not a thing to be done without some effort on my part. Green the new butler came to me– | |
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