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11 July 1904 — Ca’ Capello, Venice | |
Monday. 11th [July 1904]. Typed a bit– Mr Curtis called & asked me to go out with him as after the slight storm we had last night it was a cool morning– But Sr Guggenheim had sent word that he was coming & then Mr Montalba called and so he gave up the project. Sr Guggenheim brought me a little silver box he had had made to hold the gold Isabelle given to Henry by the Dss della Torrè & he brought it to me in triumph. I asked him if he could find an apartment to suit Pss Charlotte Saxe Meiningen & he returned later to say he thinks he has found a small house close here. Mr Montalba came to conclude the Cos: Hos: accounts with me & paid me what I had disbursed for the last 3 months. It was hotter than ever today. After tea I went out in gondola– Called on Css Brandolin & took her & Margherita in gondola to the Piazza. Took hospital notices to Hotel Angleterre where I was roughly received then on to Beau Rivage where the Proprietress was most kind & sympathetic. What a difference manner makes. Home to dine—& the Genl de Horsey fetched me at 9 & took me for a “float”. We had much pleasant chat—talked of Spain where he had been also on duty as a soldier at the time of the Spanish Marriages. We talked of Spanish music & sang to each other snatches of Spanish songs. When he began to get blind he could amuse himself by singing to his guitar—but now his arm has been amputated & he has not even that resource left. He told me how much he suffered when he had been so ill– In bed & blind one day in Jany when it was bitterly cold a large brand fell out of his fireplace. He could not stir & after ringing a long time one of his gondoliers came in drunk & morose—the other came in drunk & noisy! What a dreadful state of things. Not liking Dr Kepler (a German) they would not get up at night to let him in to see his patient. The Genl gave the Dr the key of the land entrance—the gondoliers locked the door on the landing! What inhuman creatures!! I sent the servants out for a float in my gondola as I went with the Genl. Maria the cook gave me notice she will leave when I leave Venice. She probably wont go as she has a way of dismissing herself & of repenting & staying. If she does go I must manage to find someone else. Pazienza. | |
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