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4 June 1902 — 3 Savile Row | |
Wednesday. 4th [June 1902]. Sad, wet weather—the summer time is slipping away without any sunshine & it is very cold. Nellie & I went to luncheon with Mr Somerset Beaumont at Prince’s Restaurant. Met there young Mr Stopford Brook (Verona’s brother) & his American wife—Miss Brooke Hunt, a lady who did immense good in the Transvaal War. She went out as nurse & helped to found the concentration camps for the women & children of the Boers. Count Conrad Emo was there—& Mr Tyrell of the F.O. who sat next to me & was very interesting. I found I had known him when he was a boy at Constantinople—his mother was keeping house for her brother in law Count Radolinsky—now Prince Radolin Ambr at Paris. Mr Tyrell has a curious dry manner with a slight foreign accent. We talked much of diplomats—specially our late Ambassadors at Consple & he said that the last Ambr who had understood the Turks was my husband. He told me that Currie on arriving at his post there had gone to meet P. Radolin who was then German Ambr & at once began by saying that Radolin was not to believe that he could hoodwink him (Currie) or taken him in as he had done his predecessors, for he understood the little game of Germany &c. Radolin protested that he did not understand Currie but seeing he persisted in that curious tone R. said that that was very much impressed by what Currie had told him & he would not fail to communicate the gist of the conversation to his Govt. As Currie had merely meant to show what an honest open handed diplomat he was, almost went down on his knees to beg the Prince not to do so– This was related to Tyrell by his uncle Radolin. He told me that now Lord Pauncefote is dead Mr Herbert has been appointed Ambr at Washington in his place—a great jump up for him. I told Mr Tyrell that the treaty for the taking of Cyprus was written in my handwriting—also that Henry had wished that instead of Cyprus we should have had Mohammerah—which last struck Tyrell very much—& if Henry’s advice had been followed it would have been, he said, of far greater advantage to England– Vere Ponsonby came to tea to bid us adieu as tomorrow he starts with James Rothschild for Canada on their journey round the world. I went to dine with Lady Lindsay & met Sir Lewis Morris, Mr & Mrs Lecky, an American literary man called Einstein & old Miss Monk. Einstein has just come back from a visit to Venice. He is a big slow younger man—& seems to be up on all subjects & has just published a book on the Renaissance– Lecky was pleasant & friendly & said he hoped I was come to be more in England than formerly. Mrs Lecky who is Dutch, seemed much relieved & cheered by the Peace in the Transvaal. The evening was pleasant. | |
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