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2 August 1900 — Cresselly, nr. Pembroke, Pembrokeshire | |
Thursday. 2nd August [1900]. From having been excessively hot the weather changed to high wind & rain threatened. Mr Allen took me for a walk in his grounds thro’ a beautiful wood with a pretty trout stream—before lunch– Afterwards he sent Mary & me for a drive with Mr Wylie & Mrs Windham to see Castle Carew a lovely ruin—with beautiful bow windows wh still have their mullions in them. The castle was taken & destroyed in the time of Cromwell. Close to the gate of the field leading to it stood by the roadside an old stone cross like those one sees frequently in Ireland adorned with Celtic inter land patterns. From Castle Carew we drove on to Pembroke to see the ruined castle there which, to me, was far less interesting as it had evidently been more of a stronghold & Castle Carew a dwelling house. In both Castles the court yards now over grown by grass were marked out for the game of lawn tennis & there were assemblies of young girls playing a thing that seemed to be a sort of desecration. Coming back through the almost deserted street of Pembroke we met a small carriage containing a lady whom I at once recognised as Lady Victoria Lambton. Curious that I should thus meet the only person I happen to know in Pembrokeshire. We both alighted—had a few words together & went on our several ways. Mr & Mrs Lewis dined at Cresselly this evening. He is the son of Sir Wm Lewis of Aberdare—& owing to an explosion of chemicals when he was a boy is now nearly blind tho’ still quite a young man. It is sad to see him. His young wife is a nice simple pleasant little woman. At the end of dinner she was suddenly taken faint & I had to take her up to my bedroom & lay her flat on the floor where she recovered & then drove home to Castle Hean where she & her husband live. | |
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