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15 May 1905 — Ca’ Capello, Venice | |
Monday. 15th May [1905]. The Bishop & Mrs Collins left for the South by 9.50 train—& Donna Laura left for Bologna after lunch. We missed her very much– She is a delightful person. In the afternoon Verona Brooke came & brought with her her cousin, Miss Rosalind Welland (the Bishop’s daughter), a nice girl. This week the Dss & Mrs Poynter also left me for England. There has been terrible weather & such inundations as have ruined the crops & broken down railway bridges. Between here & Verona the railway is interrupted & the Dss had to go round by Marostica & Modena to get to Milan. However this they managed with only 3 or 4 hours’ more travelling. Before leaving the Duchess introduced me to a Mr & Mrs Forbes Leith who are here in their yacht the “Miranda.” He is a charming jolly Englishman. She is a delicate looking American—both nice people– They have a charming daughter with them with her husband Col. & Mrs . He is ADC to the Duke of Connaught. We lunched on board with them & they lunched with us & one day we all went to tea with Montalbas at their cabin at 4 Fontane on the Lido. One day Mrs Leith Hay wrote & asked me if I knew of any English people who would like to have a passage back to England in the yacht. Her husband was going back without her. She was going to the baths of Marienbad & he would like to find companions for his journey. Verona & Rosalind exclaimed at once “Oh let us go!” I said something abt it to Mrs F. Leith & then let the matter dropped. However she did not forget it—& finally they offered to take the girls. On Monday 22nd Count Seckendorff & Princess Taxis left for Nuremburg– The Count for Berlin to attend the wedding of the Crown P. of Germany. I had invited Bee Eliot & Mrs Craigie to come here on 18th & they had settled to come but at the last moment they telegraphed that they are not able to come. Abt this time we had very bad weather & it blew hard so the Miranda only got off on Friday morng 26th. The girls went on board the night before & I sent with them Sear the job cook I had brought out from England. At last I was alone again—& rather tired from all my entertaining glad to be alone again. | |
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