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6 March 1900 — 3 Savile Row | |
Tuesday. 6th [March 1900]. Breakfasted in my room & Violet in hers. Worked sewing machine all morning to get on with the invalid soldiers jackets. Nelly returned home abt 12. Directly after lunch I took Violet to Waterloo Station & we went by train to Barnes to the Priory a house kept by Dr Chambers where Lady Vivian is now under his care. We were not able to see her but I had a talk to Dr Chambers & he said he had great hopes Lady V. would be much better in a couple of months & quite well by the end of the summer. He was glad to hear that Violet was going abroad & was sure she wanted rest & change as she had been so long worried about her mother. The Priory is a house which I remember belonged to the Prescott family when we were young & lived at Exeter House Roehampton. We returned to London by train & reached Savile Row at 5.40 & had tea—then I walked to Hertford Street & called on Adeline Bedford—sat a short time with her & then called to see the 2 old Miss Duff Gordons. “Capt George” as we used to call her is now over 80 & has just recovered from a fall downstairs. She has left off dying her ringlets & looks quite nice with her soft white hair & is altogether softer & has the peculiar beauty of old age. She was pleased at my visit. I walked home—wrote letters till dinner at 8 with Nellie & Violet—& bed at 11– | |
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