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10 January 1908 — 3 Savile Row | |
Friday. 10th [January 1908]. I started off at 9.30 for my bath & found on getting there that the time was 10.45 so Baker & I took a walk to while away the time & I went to buy a little present for Norah Hallé & got back for the bath. I was dreadfully lame wh is very depressing. It was pretty cold & flakes of snow were falling. From the bath I went to see Dr Luff, who was very encouraging & said he was pleased with the marked improvement in my knee & I should go on taking 3 baths a week for 6 weeks & promises me a cure. Went home & sat quiet till lunch to wh came Nora Hallé & Nellie W. At 4 Nora & I went off to Lady Sémon’s “at home” day. We found a collection of ladies, none of whom I knew till Mrs Langenbach came in & so we sat together & she told me her woes—having had to dismiss two coachmen because the police found out that they were keeping a public house in her stables for a betting place—& were regular bookmakers. They had been in her service 15 years! & none of her servants wd tell of them. She had, she said, dismissed all her household but subsequently forgiven them. She talked much of the sad death of Mrs Wm Lowther who died of pneumonia after 2 days illness & is universally regretted. I went home to tea—& Nora went home to her house. Mrs Sargent, the Dss of Somerset’s sister came to tea also the Raymond Layards & their little girl a pretty child of about 11—a nice family. Nellie returned to tea & then Lady Selkirk came to see me & asked me to mount some beads for her. She also talked of the death of Mrs Lowther & how Mr L. was ill at the same time & was carried into his wife’s room to see her die. She was kind to all—especially to artists—& was indefatigable in going out to parties, dinners &c. She sketched beautifully & read much. Charlie W. returned to the Tile House with Nellie this evening– It is now publickly announced in this family that Sir H. Campbell Bannerman offered Monty Alderson the living of Lutterworth wh he has accepted—so Kate will remain there with her son. | |
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