Marion Sambourne's Diary, 1900

MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Notes in front of diary:

Conrad, 49 Lansdowne Street, Hove, Brighton.

Mrs Neely’s address for a month 9 Atlantic Terrace East, Weston- super- Mare.

Miss Gill’s dentist C.W. Large Esqre 60 Holland Pk. Avenue.

Secretary of Hull & Barnsley Rly John Fisher Esq Charlton Street Hull

Miss Peachy (masseuse) 64 Trinity Road Wimbledon

Mrs. Neely, 1 Barclay Road Fulham

Miss Peachy 64 Trinity Road Wimbledon

Miss Ratcliffe, 3a Ebury St, SW

Pollie Robertson, Little Horringer Hall Bury St Edmunds, Norfolk.

Mrs. A. Stannard 25 Charleville Rd 1

MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 W. Kensington

Mondays

Mrs. Roller, 29 Bullingham Mansions Pitt Street, Kensington Thursdays after 4.

Mrs. Galbraith, 2 Cornwall Gds

Mrs. McLaren, Belgrave Square Pryce Jones, Newtown North Wales

Conrad, I South View Terrace Bolands Rd, Worthing

Effie, 47 Cadogan St Sloane St

Sophy, 8 Beaconsfield Ter Hythe

Emilie Jotterand & Miss Chapman 21 St Oswald’s Road West Brompton & Westgate

Mr. Ryle, Helmingham House South Lowestoft

Miss White, dressmaker 83 Uxbridge Rd, London

Emilie Jollerand, Carisbrooke Cottage 6 Elsworthy Road 2

MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 St John’s Wood

Conrad, Shiplake, Henley on Thames

Midge, Brook End Little Easton Dunmow, Essex

Country house stories

Miss Neaves:

Belinda ate cream Belinda ate jelly Belinda came home with a pain in her – Don’t be alarmed Don’t be misled, Belinda came home with a pain in her head!

Gen. Booth’s dau. married a Cap. Slater. After the wedding a touching address was given by Gen. Booth, when the bride asked permission to address the people also. After expaciating on the joys & sorrows of life, its uncertainty etc, she said “Who knows what a day may bring forth.

Tonight Tuesday I shall be in my husband’s arms. Tomorrow I may be on Abraham’s bosom”, when a voice from the crowd exclaimed “& pray are you engaged on Thursday?”

Mr. Walsh, in the grocery trade? Sylvia’s prayer “Pray God take Walla’s (illeg) to heaven & leave all that remains with us for ever & ever Amen.

Mr. Walsh’s (illeg) story.

Books read “Martyrdom of an Empress” most interesting “French Lovers” V. pretty tho’ fussy(?)

“Ramuntcho” Pierre Loti V.g.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 “Forty one years in India” Ld Roberts “Le Curé de Village” Balzac “Carmen” Prosper Merimée “Red Potage” Mary Chomley(?)

“Chinese Characteristics” “Femmes Nouvelles” Marguerite. V. weak “Une divorcée” Mde. O. Feiullet “Conquest of Mexico” Prescott “L’esprit souffle où il veut” Jean de la Brete House Stories: “Isn’t that a frill” American & “If I might fish in the river Styx with a flu (fly) fr. an angel’s wing & the worm which dyeth not.”

Gentleman exasperated by starchy lady at dinner “Can you tell me who the purple faced gentleman opo. is?” Ans: “My husband” “Then you can tell me if he is the same colour all over!” Kitten miscarriage.

Ami Thursday 29th Dec

Monday 1 January In bed all day, feel v. seedy. Letters fr. Lin, Maud, & Edgar. Only down in drawing room for tea & dined with Edie who returned from Con’s at 6 o’c. Seems to have greatly enjoyed her visit, Conrad pleased with her music. Effie, Geoff, Madame Gomez, Mr. & Mrs. Rooth go to Pyt House for concert tomorrow, not Conrad.

Tuesday 2 January In bed till 12.30. Only Lady Bergne called, general feeling of disatisfaction at War Office. Edie to Stores for me to send off chocolate to dear Edgar. Edie left for Hamburg after dinner. V. sorry to go, much taken with Con & Eff. Letter fr. Maudie arrived home from Nymans today.

Emma out evening could not have them to dinner. Letter fr. Millie Tassel about her sister.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 In bed till 12.30. Darling Maud to luncheon & tea, Mr. & Mrs. Messel dining with her tonight. Lin & Roy return from Pyt House Wilts. Roy dining here 8.30. Lin at club, & to Punch dinner after. Mrs. Neely (Miss Payton) came to tea. Roy returned at 9 o’c. Train late.

Thursday 4 January Out at 3.30 pouring wet to Whiteleys & Barkers. X. Edgar sails with the 7th division for S. Africa today. Lennie & Maud dined here, Lin’s birthday.

Roy in late to dinner! With the Mays. Met Mr. Muriel & Ld Herbert all fools together poor things. Slept badly.

Friday 5 January Lovely morg. Gillie to luncheon. Mr. Marsden called about a bust of Tennyson by Sir E.Boehm. Lin vexed, I saw him. Slept badly. Mr. M. fetched bust 7 o’c evg. X. Man came about dining room curtains, had them & cornice down & lunched in morg. room. Gillie here. Drove her to Harrods, Miss Fletchers, called on Mrs. Gill, Miss Carmental(?) & Miss Neaves, saw Mrs. Gill. Dined v. late.

Saturday 6 January Went morg. bought flowers Earls Court Rd. Lin, Roy & self to matinée “David Garrick” Wyndhams new theatre. Maudie met us there. Met Lennie coming out, drove them home. Quiet evg.

Sunday 7 January Mr. Bret Harte dines here 8 o’c & Mrs. Turquand. Mr. Douglas unable to come at last moment. Mr. Molesworth called. Lin & Roy started for Calais, weather too bad, returned. Mr. Bret Harte seemed v. seedy, ate nothing. Sp. came in morg. looks v. seedy. Mackay out evening.

Monday 8 January Lin to Mr. Lucas in dog cart, Wickham Market Suffolk. Called on Mrs. Fildes, Stone & Hunter, & Cowards only in, charming house & on Miss

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Goodenough & Mrs. Palgrave Simpson on foot! Quiet evg, tray in drawing room.

Tuesday 9 January Gillie came in time for luncheon. I breakfasted in bed. Out morg. in carriage. Fanny Nembhard & several others called. Maudie here, also Mary & Mrs. Macqueen, Miss Chapman.

Wednesday 10 January Walked morg. with Gillie. Sent adv. to Morg. Post. Maud to luncheon, had her teeth done at Mr. Herberts, Gillie with her. Gillie with her at 3 to Sales to choose tiles for country. Sat in all afternoon. Mrs. Nurdin(?) to tea brought a lovely girl Miss Graham White with her. Maudie stayed until 6 o’c. V. seedy poor darling with her little F. Mackay out. Mr. Bret Harte sent me his last book “Jack Hamlin’s Mediation” & other stories.

Man did windows. X. Saw Millie & Annie Tassel.

Thursday 11 January Lovely morning. Long letters fr. Lin & Bret Harte. Walked morning lovely day. Gillie on to see Maudie. We dine with M. tonight if Lin & Roy do not return, Lin fr. Suffolk & Roy fr. Pyt. Put advertisement in Papers. Gillie & self made some calls.

Friday 12 January Gillie left morg. Walked part of way with her. Lin returned morg. greatly enjoyed his visit. Roy v. idle & discontented generally. Maid came last night & work too much!

Saturday 13 January Lady came about Tweddle. Cap. & Mrs. Christie, v. nice people. Fire in morning room. Out calling at 3.30.

Sunday 14 January

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Mr. Bret Harte called. Lin hard at work. Walked to Sp’s, he walked back & lunched here. Mr C. Hunter ill, enquired for him. Lennie & Maud dined here alone. Mackay out afternoon.

Monday 15 January Maud & self to tea at Mrs. Mount Battens. M. unable to come, went alone, met Nembhards, Mabel Wallace, Mr. Sant etc there. Maudie came to stay for 2 nights, Lennie shooting in Lincolnshire.

Tuesday 16 January Out morg. with Maud. Mrs. Mocatta May & Fanny Nembhard etc called.

Delightful evg. with Maud here, Roy rather morose & idle.

Wednesday 17 January Letter fr. Edgar fr. Teneriffe. Maudie morg. to dentist. Out shops alone.

Met Baby & Muriel. Baby much grown. Mr. Spottiswood came to luncheon awful (illeg) everything all anyhow. Tweddle out for day.

Tabbie came to tea. Maudie left us at 6 o’c. Roy & self & Douglas to “The only way”. Roy on after to sup. Savoy.

Thursday 18 January Lovely morg. Invite to dine Heilberts, unable to go. Lin dines with Schomberg McDonnell at Marlboro’ Club previous to his starting for S. Africa. Roy returns to Oxford tonight. Called on Mrs. Dickens, Hogarth, Mr. Hartree’s to enquire, Cap. Heathorne & Lady R. Christie. Roy left for Oxford, afraid he is much in debt.

Friday 19 January Out morg. walking. Made calls afternoon. Lin finished work 9 o’c. Emilie came to see me, wants to leave her place, not enough to do! Called & saw darling Maud & had Baby down, so sweet.

Saturday 20 January

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Out morg shops. Pd. books 3 weeks. Lin & self to see “Mystical Miss” American piece de Wolf Hopper & Jessie Mackay good. Gt. excitement a cook at 15 Argyll Road hanged herself. Lin & self walked down Park.

Quiet evening in morning room.

Sunday 21 January Dull morg. In. Lin in. Mackay to Church. Lennie & Maud dine here. V. lively both had been to their country house. No one called. Lin in working. I in all day. Mackay church morg.

Monday 22 January Drove at 3 Maud’s. Mrs. Wallace & Mabel there. Baby sweet. Saw Waddie news of Dora. Saw Mrs. Paxton long talk on war & domes. Enquired after Sir W. Priestley, same, & called & saw Mrs. Sidney Cotton.

Tuesday 23 January Out 11 carriage, met Mrs. P. Holland. Mrs. Finlay, Miss Neaves, Mrs. Paxton & Maud, C. Bergheim & Mrs. Gill called. Lin & self dine at Maud’s, Mr. Allen only there. Beautiful dinner beautifully served & waited, silver brass & flowers all perfect. Mdes. Finlay Neeves, Paxton, Maud, Bergheim & Gill called.

Wednesday 24 January In all morg. Dine with Maud.

Thursday 25 January Walked morg. shops. Lin v. busy with Otley. Went at 4 o’c to Maud’s, saw Baby. M. out. To Mrs. Agnews (P) saw her & her children, both v. pretty. Cards to Mrs. Parish. Two Miss Lawrences called, v. interesting talk with them.

Friday 26 January To Sales about chair for Maud. Sent old black screen I gave Mother in place of chair. Sales will send it to M. & sell rest 3 articles. To enquire 8

MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 3.30 Mrs. a’Beckett, still in bed. Barkers, & took Moore miniature to be framed “Bulls”. Roy arrived to eat 3 dinners & to Covent Garden ball after. V. late.

Saturday 27 January Out morg. shops. Roy in, rather tiresome mood, idling about. To matinée of “Midsummer nights dream” Lovely. Florrie Blair came to stay till Thursday. Saw common little maid. Roy to eat his dinner.

Sunday 28 January V. cold. In all day. F. to church & to see Uncle Edwin after 3.30. Lennie & Maud dined here, M. with cold. Roy left for Oxford during dinner. Has eaten 3 Bar dinners. No one called.

Monday 29 January V. cold. Bad news fr. War, Spion Kop abandoned after loss & wasted labour. Out morg. to Hunts, Piercey’s & Labings(?) toujours la même cause. Lunched alone with Lin. Florence to see Aunt Netta. Went by omnibus to Maud’s at 4, cold, rain. Mrs. Hohler, Kettle, Reynard there.

Maud’s cold bad. Lin, Florrie & self to “Palace” V. good.

Tuesday 30 January V. cold. Out at 11 in brougham with Florrie to Academy & to see Van Dykes. Called at Maud’s saw Baby. M’s cold bad & Nana ill, poor darling.

Florrie lunched out. Mabel Wallace, two Miss Ecksteins!! Mrs. Reeve, Mrs. Caldecott called.

Wednesday 31 January Mrs. Finlay’s for tea 5 o’c. Called with Florrie also on Maggie Hadley, Miss Neaves, in, May Nembhard, in, Mrs. Wheen. Met Mrs. & Miss Max O’Reily(?) at Finlays & Mlle Ardite, & to Maud’s. Baby v. sweet lying on floor kicking. Florrie & self quiet evg. alone.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Thursday 1 February Florrie Blair left us for the Edwins after tea. My cold heavy. Went for sharp walk round pond. In all afternoon. Lin & self to St James for first night of new piece sequel to “Prisoner of Zenda” bad & poor plot, exquisitely mounted, brilliant audience. Prince of Wales & Duke & Duchess of Fife there.

Friday 2 February V. cold. My cold uncomfortable. Sent final call on one City B.A. Trams. X. In all day snow & sleet. V. cold.

Saturday 3 February V. seedy indeed with cold. In all day sitting in Lin’s room. V. cozy there.

Heavy snow. No news of darling M. for 2 days.

Sunday 4 February Warmer, snow still lying. In bed till 12.30, cold v. bad & chest ached.

Expect Maud & Lennie to dinner 8 o’c. Lin to club after luncheon. V. dull for him with me seedy.

Monday 5 February Final call of £1 on City of B. Ayres Trams. Sent this Friday last. Very seedy with cold, in bed till after tea. Maudie came with Nonie, brought lovely flowers & arranged them. Maudie 8 to dine & to Ball tonight afraid she is doing too much. Letter fr. Midge.

Tuesday 6 February X. Ami. In bed till 12.30 cold bad. Florrie Blair, Mrs. Calderon, P.Agnew, May Nembhard, Maggie Hadley, Fanny Fildes, Mrs. Hunter called. Mrs. Neely came to stay arrived about 5 o’c. Quiet evg. to bed early. Lin doing Paris Ex. drawing. Maudie dining Hohlers.

Wednesday 7 February

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 In bed till 12.30. Baby came morg. V. cold hard frost. Miss Payton out morg & afternoon for me. To Maudies. Baby brought me Maud’s ball bouquet.

Thursday 8 February Lucy Fearns came. F. Tweddle left. In bed till 12.30. Darling Maud came stayed to luncheon & tea. Does not seem well, v. bad cold like mine.

Mrs. C. Burnand & Charlie called, & Ada Spencer called, saw them.

Lovely bright clear v. cold day. Sent Maudie back in carriage. Mrs. Neely went about Midge’s chair, & house front.

Friday 9 February In all day. Mrs. Neely shop’g for me, Hyacinths! Wish the dear thing would not talk so much, most tiring.

Saturday 10 Frbruary Mr. Fletcher Moulton’s dinner 8.15. Unable to go self, bad cold. Mrs. Ackers called whilst we were at luncheon, stayed some time. Lin to Club. Mrs. Neely & self drove round Park, left cards at at W. Priestley’s.

Darling Maud & Lennie called & had tea morg. room. Lin had a v. pleasant evg. F.M’s. Took down Lady Romers’ dau. Heavy snow.

Sunday 11 February Snow, not so cold. V. windy. Maud & Lennie to dinner 8 o’c. Lin to Club after luncheon. Sp, Mr. Ryle, Mr. & Mrs. Galbraith & Ethel English called.

Mrs. Neely out to tea. V. cold evening.

Monday 12 February Mollie O’Connell’s wedding to Mr. Guiles Del Rios, 26 Overand Mansions S.W. V. cold in bed till 12 o’c. V. bad head ache. Mrs. Neely did shops & flowers for me & went to see Aunt Barbara. Sent her £3.0.0, tea, petticoat & flowers. I drove to Nash, Waddies, & Haines about Midge’s house.

Long amusing letter fr. dear Roy.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Tuesday 13 February In bed till 12.30. Mrs. Neely did shops for me & flowers. Awful day. Mrs. Goodchild, Mrs. & Miss Oates called friends of Mrs. Neely’s. No one else. Maud & Lennie dined out.

Wednesday 14 February Miss Mackenzie’s marriage with Mr. F.K.Slade, 2.15. Unable to go far too ill. In bed till 12.30. Dr Orton called. Awful day.

Thursday 15 February In bed till 12.30. Mr. Hartree & Belita Drabble Stevens called & stayed some time. Awful headache.

Friday 16 February In bed till 12.30. Darling Maud came to see me. Mrs. Neely went to see Mrs. Watney about engagement, won’t do. Mrs. Neely & I drove out simply for drive.

Saturday 17 February In bed till 12.30. Lin hard at work all day. V. wet. Drove to get sausages, flowers fruit etc. Lin gave me £1.0.0 for fruit etc. Bought 2 partridges.

Letter fr. Edgar, Midge, & Tabbie. Sat in morg. room. Had 2 snipe for dinner.

Sunday 18 February In bed till 12.30. Mrs. Neely to see friend afternoon. No one called. Lin out after luncheon. Lennie & Maud unable to come to dine, Lennie with v. bad cold.

Monday 19 February In bed till 12 o’c. Mrs. Neely to Maud’s. Lennie v. seedy, his birthday.

Drove at 3 to Stores for Lennie’s present, de Bretts peerage £1.3.7½! Met Uncle & Aunt Edwin. Lionel leaving tomorrow for S. Africa in “Goorka” the same ship Edgar went in. To Salviatos, chose present for Miss 12

MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Mackenzie £1.0.0. Called & saw Maud, Lennie, Baby & Mrs. Messel.

Letter fr. Sophy. Quiet evg. Lin out all day. Orton came.

Tuesday 20 February Mrs. Kettle’s dinner 7.45. In bed till 11.30. Mrs. Neely to choose fowl Whiteleys. Showery day. Mrs. Magne, Miss Schwann & Mrs. Sutton with her 2 daughters, youngest engaged & to be married in April.

Wednesday 21 February Out for an hour bath chair 2/-. Called on Dr Smiles, Mrs. Baines, Mrs. English & Mrs. Welby, bought braid. A Miss Tucker called on Mrs. Neely.

Emma & Lucy out. E. to theatre.

Thursday 22 February Linley dines with the Messels 7.45. Morg. out for 2 hours in bath chair 3/. Mrs. Neely & self at 3.30 to call on Lady Lucas, Mrs. Rubens, Mrs. Macquoid, Aunt Linda & darling Maud’s. Mrs. Messel there. Lennie looking v. ill, darling M. pale. Barkers for marmalade & soap. Mackay out evening.

Friday 23 February Out for one hour in bath chair. To Barkers about Midge’s bill, pd. it.

Redmayne, Swears & Wells, Woolland, Heath etc. Dined at 9 with Lin. Mrs. Neely out, in for dinner.

Saturday 24 February Out for hour bath chair. To Criterion 2.30 unable to get places. Called on Mrs. Mocatta, Mrs. Lindo & Maud. Lennie still looking v. ill. Maudie not well either. Baby v. well. Lin out afternoon. Mrs. Neely out again after late tea.

Sunday 25 February Dull. Silver mustard spoon missing. Mr. Paxton & Sp. called. Lin to see Lennie after tea. Quiet evg. alone.

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Monday 26 February Missed ivory & silver pistol fr. table. In all morg. Orton called, most unnecessary! Mrs. Neely washed my laces. At 3.30 to Stores & called on Lady Monckton. Lin out all day.

Tuesday 27 February Mrs. Reynard’s dinner unable to go. Packed morg. Found pistol supposed to be lost in drawer. Conrad called just as I was leaving, looks thin & (illeg). Came by Granville to Ramsgate. Mrs. Neely to Station with me & after to spend time in my absence at some Christian Association place. Found darling Maud at Ramsgate Sta. drove on together. Lennie still looking v. delicate. Clean bright comfortable Hotel Saint Cloud. Fire & flowers in my room all darling M’s thought & doing. X. Cronje surrendered with 4300 men Paardeburg unconditionalally. Anniversary of Ma(illeg)

Wednesday 28 February V. cold. In bed till 11.30 readiong. Dull. 3 letters fr. Lin!!! Walked thro’ Ramsgate with Maud & Lennie after luncheon. Quiet evening, feel better.

Still more good news fr. S. Africa, Rensburg.

Thursday 1 March V cold east wing. Bright & sunny. X. News of relief of Lady Smith. Maud & Lennie to Canterbury. Talk with old gentleman & lady at luncheon.

They know many mutual friends, Petos, Tomlins, Friends, Isaacs. Lennie & M. both completely done up evg. M’s corn v. bad.

Friday 2 March Lovely day, bitterly cold. Walked to Mrs. Heading after luncheon. Mrs. Evans called morg. Lennie & Maud in bath chair out all afternon. Quiet evening. Maud met B.Weigall, Miss Warre, May Hood & K. O’Reilly. Mrs. Evans called morg.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Saturday 3 March Lennie to Deal. Tea Mrs. Evans. Maud had little boy model morg. Lin arrives by Granville. Arrived v. late at Mrs. Evans & left soon to meet Lin at Sta. Mr. & Mrs. Burnand & Mary came by same train. Wretched wet & cold. Maudie in bath chair her foot so bad. Quiet evg. & bed early. Lin looks tired, has seen Critchett about his eyes & finds comfort fr. new properly adjusted glasses.

Sunday 4 March V. cold wind, bright & sunny. Walked morg. alone. Lennie Maud & Lin walked on Pier. Too much for Maud, foot bad after. Met Burnands.

Lennie & self for walk to Dumpton Gap, home by sands for tea. Lin to Sir William Agnews at Deal after luncheon.

Monday 5 March Bright morg. Bitterly cold wind. Lennie & Lin to Margate for day, found dog. Maud & self sat out morg. in sun. Met Bay Noott. After lunch Maud drew small boy model. I walked some distance with Mr. & Mrs. F.C.B. who came to call, asking us to dine, too cold. Flowers 6d. Mr. Evans called stayed some time. Mrs. Rooth, Dossie & young Daniels called & saw Lin & Lennie, seems gentlemanly young man. Quiet evg. to bed 10 o’c.

Tuesday 6 March Bright morg, not so cold. Out morg. with Lin who as usual must buy.

Saw Doggie at Hills, really not bad. Called after lunch on Mrs. Hammond, Lennie with me, he waited outside. Mrs. Pugin & Eilie to call, found Mrs. Hammond as handsome as ever. Mary Burnand called. Maud v. busy drawing. X. Maud little F. & looks v. seedy. Maudie out in chair. Miss Warre & Mr. Evans called.

Wednesday 7 March V. cold wind. Lennie & Lin walked along shore to Broadstairs. I tried to meet them, returned without doing so. Talk with Mr. Curtis who leaves 15

MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 tomorrow. Lin went up by 3.30 to London took dog foundling. I went with him to Broadstairs to call on Mrs. Noott, out. Met Mrs. Bartram & travelled & walked back with her & dau. Maudie in bath chair with Lennie. Tea, & quiet dinner. Maud still looking v. delicate.

Thursday 8 March Dull morg. Out morg. Mary Burnand came & walked with us as far as Mrs. Pugin’s where I had tea, Maud & L. returning. M. in bath chair.

Glorious afternoon but bitterly cold east wind.

Friday 9 March Lovely day, cold wind. Sat out morg. & drove at 4 o’clock to tea at Miss Warre’s & to Mrs. Buck’s. Awful smell there! Lennie walked home & did not go in. Saw Mr. Warre, looks very shaky. Quiet evg. Lin worried by Burnand & delayed by work. Sad news of Mr. Winchester Clowes & Sir Charles Hall.

Saturday 10 March Glorious morg. Darling Maud & Lennie leaving today. Lin arrives by Granville. Invitation fr. Mrs. Burnand for us all to dine there tomorrow or Monday. Saw Lennie & Maud off. Met Lin, walked back with him. Quiet evg. Little talk with Mr. Anderson amused us with a young man’s conversation on War, Generals & statesman generally.

Sunday 11 March Lovely day, cold wind. Walke on Pier with Lin. After luncheon Lin for cycle ride. Miss Warre & Dolly Barter called. Walked alone & Lin & self dined at Burnands & had bad indigestion & felt sick result of eating green vegetables last night. Mr. & Mrs. Evans at F.C.B’s. Played spoof.

Fly there & back.

Monday 12 March Lovely day. Walked morg with Lin. Lin cycled after lunch. I went to tea at Mrs. Nootts, saw young Daniels there. Met Mrs. Evans coming back in 16

MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 same carriage with her. Quiet evening. No one in saloon except selves, & bed early.

Tuesday 13 March Mrs. H. Levy’s drawing room tea. X. Petit ami. Au lit until 4 o’c. Tea alone drawing room, spoke to Mrs Stacey about Mrs Neely. Long letter from darling M. Lin to Calais for day.

Wednesday 14 March Dull foggy morg. In bed till 3.30 when Linley left for London. V. funny letter from Maud about Mice. Lin looks extremely well. Wire from Mrs. Tweedie. Dined alone, 2 old gentlemen, single ditto, Patholi(?) lady, Mr & Mrs. Anderson , self! Dull. V. funny letter fr. Roy returns home Saturday.

Mr. Souby & Sir James Segar Hunt called to see Lin morg.

Thursday 15 March Mrs. Turquand’s dinner at 8 o’c. Lin going alone. Dull cold day. In bed till 3.30. Had tea in Hall sitting room with Mr. & Mrs. Anderson, singularly dull individual. Dined alone in new salle a manger. Bright (illeg), & to my room. Reads Lord Robert’s book “Forty one years in India” & wrote three letters.

Friday 16 March Dull morg. Feel better for rest. Letter fr. Mrs. Tweedie. Mr. Soobey called stayed some time.Talk with Mr. & Mrs. Anderson. Found Patholi(?) lady tedious rather after dinner.

Saturday 17 March Out in bath chair, 2 hours, v. cold. Lin arrived by Granville, Roy at 10 o’c with bad cold, had my old room.

Sunday 18 March Mrs. Tweedie’s dinner 8 o’c. 30 York Terrace. Unable to go. Out morg in bath chair. Met Mr. Burnand & Squire, Lin & Roy, we went along parade 17

MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 together. Lin & Roy for long cycle ride. I out again 2.30 bath chair. Mr. Stacey’s son had bad accident cycling. Lin & Roy to Burnands after dinner. V. cold & ½ a gale blowing all night. Mr. Spielmann called.

Monday 19 March V. cold wind. In all morg. Out at 2.30 with Lin & Roy in bath chair, saw boat which which was brought in disabled this morg. after storm. 8 torpedo boats passed. Lin & Roy on to Col. Churchill owner of lost dog.

Had cocoa in hall & long talk with Mr. & Mrs. Anderson. Report of relief of Mafeking.

Tuesday 20 March Lin & Roy to Calais. Walked morg. lovely day, no wind. Went in bath chair to St Peters, pd. man 3/-. Sat out after lunch met Sir Joseph Montefiore & Lady Rose W. & daughter, had long talk with them. Had tea with the Andersons, much nicer when one knows them better.

Wednesday 21 March Mrs. Spielmann’s dinner cannot go. Lin Roy & self returned from Ramsgate by 3.30, lovely sunny morg. cold wind. Had walk with Lin & Roy on Pier, magnificent sea. Foolishly pocketed key of my book & could not unpack!

Thursday 22 March Dull & cold. Maudie to luncheon. Baby came at 3 looking v. sweet & well, most lively. I went for character of Midge’s cook, good. To Aunt Linda’s heard about Lionel. Barkers & home. Quiet evening. Called saw Waddie.

Friday 23 March V. cold. Out morg. & at 3 to Maud’s, out, took cook’s character today not yesterday & to stores to get chocolate & meat lozenges for Edgar.

Saturday 24 March

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Bitterly cold out shops morg. Roy & self to see “Message from Mars” matinée, Lin joined us there. Walked part of way home, cab rest. Lin, Roy & self dined at Maud’s. Most delicious dinner exquisitely done & served.

Sunday 25 March Bitterly cold east wind. Walked with Lin to Hyde Pk Corner, home in omnibus. Roy in to lunch, Lin out. Lennie & Maud to dinner.

Monday 26 March Out morg. V. cold. Mrs. Neely called as we were dressing for dinner.

Conrad came at 6 o’clock & Lin & self went to Hippodrome. Con & Roy followed after. Wonderful performance of cats & dogs, 21 lions. Midgets v. good, conjuring & acrobats. Horse & water swimming & diving. Saw Mr. Heilbut & Mr. & Mrs. Mackenzie of Seaforth & party.

Tuesday 27 March Out walking morg. Mary Nicol & Con to lunch. Mrs. Harry Henderson, Mrs. Macquoid & Mrs. Cameron Corbett called. Dined 6.30. Lin, Con, Roy & self to Daly’s “San Toy”. V. good. Duchess of Fife there. Edna May’s sister in box opposite. Maud wired for Roy to dine & go to Palace with them. Maud lunched Mrs. Lucy, was much admired, letter fr. Mr. Lucy to say so!

Wednesday 28 March Dull grey cold. At 11.30 to pay bills for Midge & to see Waddie. Con out to lunch. Con, Roy & self to Maud’s to dinner 8 o’c. Lin to Punch dinner.

Roy cycling. Tabs comes up to town today.

Thursday 29 March Put advertisement on Morg. Post for tomorrow for Midge. Walked morg.

Effie & Ethel E. called. Called with Conrad 4 o’c on Mrs. Geilgud, Tate, Romer, saw Miss Romer, Galbraith, Ryle, & Tabs at Coburg. Lennie & Maud dined here. V. cheery evg.

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Friday 30 March Still v. cold. Effie & Ethel E. called. Walked with them to Bank & walked on after to Woollands & to lunch with Tabbie at Coburg where Con joined us. Went after shop’g with Tabs & bad tea there. Ham came in.

Met Mrs. Geiger in Bond St. Maud lunched here & went with Roy to Varsity Sports Queen’s Club. Capt Heathorne called & stayed some time.

Lin finished work early, & to meeting of Royal Com. Con & Roy after dinner to meet the English party at theatre, Don Juan.

Saturday 31 March Mrs. Lindo’s dinner, can’t go. Boat Race, Cam. won. Lin & Roy to race.

Eff & Ethel called morg. Shop’d & walked. Drove at 4 o’c Waddie’s. To see Baby in his bath, again decorated my best dress! Con, Lin & self quiet evg. Roy out. Picked up mysterious blue silk square on stair case, thought it was Roy’s! it was not. 4 answers to advertisement for Midge’s P.maid.

Sunday 1 April Lin Roy & Con to Calais. Lennie & Maud remain at Glovers until Tuesday evg. Out walking morg with Con’s little dog. Baby came afternoon, was v. sweet. V. cheery evg. Lin met many friends at Calais & on steamer.

Monday 2 April Lord Robertson’s dinner 8 o’c. Only Lin going. Sent 1st allotment of £30 to C.Hambro & Son, making £35. Paid for £100 City of Christiana 4% loan. Long letter fr. dear Edgar. Dullish dinner.

Tuesday 3 April Out morg. Darling M & Lennie return fr. Glovers. No one called. Box at Haymarket. Lin, Con, Roy & Ethel E. & Effie went & self. “The Rivals” . V. good indeed.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Out morg. shop’g. Called at Maud’s, out. Maud & self called at 3.30 on Mdes Pitt, McHardy, Morgan, Ritchie, Grigg etc, McClean. Left Maud at Portland Rd with Lennie. Quiet evg. Lucy going to Australia & leaves me end of May. Con & gramophone.

Thursday 5 April Mrs. Grantham’s dinner. Lucy Fearns going to Australia in June! Our area gate fell off its hinges into area smashing all spokes & doing damage to steps. Box for “Dandy Dick” tonight. Roy, Con & self going.

Lin to Granthams. Enjoyed his dinner v. much. 20.

Friday 6 April Lin got work done early & we all went to see “His Excellency” delightful play v. funny. Roy dining with Mr. Hoghan, in fairly early.

Saturday 7 April Accident to carriage near Maiden Lane. Roy, Con & self drive to Rule’s & lunch with Lin. To “Messenger Boy” after. Roy & Lin returned home together & Con & self called on Mrs. English, saw Eff & Ethel, been to San Toy. Quiet evg. morg. room. Con & gramophone! Darling Maud & family go to Glovers!

Sunday 8 April Walked morg called on Mrs. Mackenzie. Lin busy with little jobs all morg.

Cycled after. Fritz Jackson called. Mrs. Neely to lunch & dinner. We went to see Fildes, Stones & Colin Hunter’s pictures. Met usual dowdy set!

Con, Roy, Lin self & Mrs. Neely to dinner. Quiet evg.

Monday 9 April X. Little F. Wired Maud cannot go till Thurs. Mrs. Neely here all day. Roy out to luncheon, Con in. Roy in to dinner, out after. Emma & Mackay out afternoon & evg. To Mrs. Young’s to be fitted, met Carrie Stuart Wortley.

Con returned to dress, supped with Gomez. Punch dinner. Letter fr.

Maud.

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Tuesday 10 March Mrs. Steincopff dinner. No one called. In all day. Midge, Hamilton & Dora arrived evg fr. Buenos Ayres after v. rough passage. Otley called on way fr, Mrs. Steincopff’s. Bad news again fr. S. Africa & Gadacre(?) recalled.

Chernside fr. Gen Tucker’s Brigade appointed to take his place as chief of 3rd Brigade. Roy & self alone.

Wednesday 11 April In bed till 12.30. Went at 2.30 to see Midge, found H, D. & Midge & Mr. Frisby there. Midge looking seedy. Took Dora on with me to Marshall & Willatts, Marshall & Snelgroves, Ball & Turner & home to tea here. She took cab back. Lin & Roy dined at 9 o’c, same as Friday on account of Easter. Tabbie in town with Gwen & Eve at Coburg.

Thursday 12 April Gleamy day. In bed till 12.30. Drove at 3 to Whiteley, flowers, bananas, Angrave, Ball & Turner. Dora & Ham dined here. Midge v. seedy influenza & Orton attending. Wire fr. Lennie for Roy to go today. He goes tomorrow D.V. Lin & Roy to Palace after dinner. H. & D. stayed until 11 & had lively horse in hansom going back, glad Midge was not there. Letter fr. Maudie.

Friday 13 April V. windy, & gleams of sun. In bed till 12.30. Roy went to Glovers, we go tomorrow. Midge v. seedy in bed with temperature up. H. & Dora to Pyt for Easter. Quiet day, no one came but man for electric light which he mended everywhere.

Saturday 14 April Mackay & I came to “Glovers” by 10.50 train. Roy met us in one cart, boy in another for luggage. Lovely day but cold wind. Found darling Maud, Baby & Lennie well & grounds charming both outside & in. Mr. & Mrs. Messel, Mr. & Mrs. Val Geilgud to luncheon. Everything looking lovely,

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 table silver & all. My room sweet. They all stayed to tea. Linley came by cycle & arrived after tea.

Sunday 15 April Lovely day. Darling M. & Lennie to Church, I remaining at home. Sat out but wind cold. Racket courts great recourse to Lennie & Roy.

Monday 16 April Lennie & Roy in Ralli cart & chestnut mare on trial, & Maud & self in nursery cart & Linley cycled to Nymans. Lin arrived too late for luncheon. Mrs. Messel’s carriage met us at Crawley. The Geilguds still at Nymans & a number of people came to tea with children to find Easter eggs hidden in grounds. V. pleasant day. Maudie ret’d fr. Crawley with Lennie in cart, Roy coming with me. Lin cycled back.

Tuesday 17 April Lin & Lennie to Reigate. Letter fr. Tabbie asking if she could come to us on Saty next to await Mervyn & Ethel’s arrival. Dora remaining on at Pyt. Hamilton returned yesterday.

Wednesday 18 April Mrs. Messel, Mrs. Geilgud & Ruth came over for lunch & tea. Lovely day.

Lennie took number of photos. Most lovely day like summer. Maudie v. tired. We all drove to Horsham after luncheon the men on cycles & Maud & self in cart. I drove brown pony. Had tea there. Lennie bought silver.

Delightful drive enjoyed it immensely.

Thursday 19 April Lovely day. Mrs. Messel, Ruth & Mrs. Geilgud to luncheon & tea.

Glorious day like summer. Roy remaining here until tomorrow. Maudie so tired & feverish unable to come down to dinner, went to bed & had a hot bath. Mr. Eward to dinner remained v. late 11.30. I sat with Maudie after dinner.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Friday 20 April Lovely day. Roy left at 10 o’c. supposed to be returning to Oxford tomorrow, or tonight. New ducks arrived. Mr. H. Hemming came by a morning train, more conversational than I thought. Maudie in bed all day v. seedy indeed, head bad & she seems generally run down.

Saturday 21 April Lovely hot & sunny day. Maudie up at 11 better but looks delicate & pale. Cannot imagine what it is with her (illeg) in this lovely place! Sat out all day. Lennie & Mr. Hemming planted primroses along bank. 8 new pigeons arrived. Lennie & Mr. H. to Lowfield Heath to order plants. Letter fr. Roy not returning to Oxford until next week. V. tiresome, he must have known.

Sunday 22 April Lovely morg. warm as June. Sat out all day long. Mr. & Mrs. Bone pronounced Boune! Young couple who have taken the Hohler’s house.

Monday 23 April Lennie to business morg. Ruth & Muriel over to luncheon & tea. To woods for primroses. Lennie told us of new arrangement to start fr.

October increase in his income again!!! Lovely day. Letter fr. Roy only returning to Oxford next Friday. Mr. Hemming left with Lennie, much nicer then I thought.

Tuesday 24 April Lin returned by 2.50 train, slight accident to cart! Thankful it was no worse. Much colder & not so bright. Lennie tired evg. after day with Monsieur F. Darling Maud’s throat bad & eye inflamed, seems generally out of sorts & below par. Long letter fr. Edgar fr. Bloemfontein, also extracts fr. Sophy’s letters which I forwarded to Midge after reading.

Wednesday 25 April V. cold, dull & rain. Worked & read, & gathered firewood!

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Thursday 26 April Colder but fine. Maudie & self called on Mrs. Heron, out, & on Mrs. Ansdell, in, & nice looking girl. Mrs. Ansdell’s brother Francis galloper to Gen. French. Lennie v. tired.

Friday 27 April V. cold & dull. Maudie & Nurse busy with sofa’s corners, I had Baby as usual a saint. In all day.

Saturday 28 April X. Lovely day. Dr Parker came saw Maud & Baby. V. sensible man & v. clever. Lennie coming home at 3 fr. city. Lin & Mr. Guthrie on cycles between 3 & 4. We all dine at Mrs. Ansdell’s, they send their carriage.

Very pleasant evg. Miss Armit only other guest. X. Letter forwarded by mistake of Linley’s to model. Thorn.

Sunday 29 April Pay £10 to Cent Argentine Rly allocated shares. Paid Saty 28th yesterday. Lovely day still cold. Maudie X in bed still v. seedy. Cold day rather. Lord Borthwick & his sister lunched here, she seems v. pleasant & amusing. Lin looks seedy & long bicycle ride too much for him. Spoke to him about “Thorn”.

Monday 30 April Dull day. Mr. Guthrie & Lin returned to London. Mr. Ewart dined here.

Ruth arrived at tea time on a visit. Maudie still v. seedy, got down in time for tea.

Tuesday 1 May Lovely day. Lennie had holiday, rode & drove new horse or rather mare.

Gathered dandelions, 36. School children came up & sang with Maypoles, Lennie photod them. Maudie v. seedy looks weak & bloodless.

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Wednesday 2 May Sir Cuthbert Quilter’s smoking party 10.30. Letter fr. Lin, telegram later fr. Ireland where he has gone on trial trip of some steamer. Maudie v. seedy & rundown. Ruth left early. Lennie v. tired evg.

Thursday 3 May Heavy rain. Lovely evening, brilliant rainbow. Dr Parker came to see Maud. Must remain in bed quietly & rest. Letter fr. Lin, met Lord Stalbridge & dined & sat in his compartment on trial trip to Ireland by new steamer.

Friday 4 May Maudie in bed all day v. seedy. Nothing of any significance happened.

Saturday 5 May Lovely hot day. Mr & Miss Luscombe called & a v. pretty girl with them.

Lennie had whole holiday, rode & drove new mare. Lin came in time for tea.

Sunday 6 May Wet morg. cleared about 12 o’c. Baby & nurse in nursery cart to Nymans. Lin & Lennie in dog cart & new horse. Maudie & self v. happy day together. She seems better.

Monday 7 May Due. Still about. Lin for cycle ride to Reigate. Quiet day. Maud better.

Tuesday 8 May Mrs. Cyril Maude at home 3 to 5.30. Sat out all day. Drove at 3.30 to Horley for shops. On return found Mr. & Mrs. Messel here & Lin not gone for cycle ride, went after to Horley on cycle & played squash raquets with Lennie. Made butter 6lbs wih Mrs. Newton & Maud morning, & over

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Mrs. N’s cottage after. Letter fr. Edgar seems well. Written 14 April 20 miles north of Blomfontein.

Wednesday 9 May Mrs. Sutton’s at home 10.30. Miss Chapman 4 - 7. Mrs. McLaren’s at home to meet members of cycling club, 10 o’c. Letter fr. E.Mervyn. Lin left on cycle at 1 o’c, had lunch here, his bags went up fr. Horley by train.

Thursday 10 May Dull day. Muriel, Miss Vaunce & old Nannie to lunch & tea. Letters fr. Lin & Roy.

Friday 11 May Mrs. Welby, Drawing room tea. Mrs. Emerton Bainbridge ditto. Etc etc.

Roy at Staf, Ter. with Lin, up for dinners, returns Sunday night. Maud & self called on Mrs. White & drove to Horley, also on Rector, much exhausted. Ruth & self went over church. Mrs. Hunter & later Mr. Cazenove called. Ruth & Lennie for cycle ride. Letter fr. Lin.

Sunday 13 May Lin & Roy to Sir Alfred Hickman’s for tennis & dinner. Went to Church with Lennie Maud & Ruth. V. pleasantly surprised, nice short service.

Maudie v. seedy pain in side. Cold. Lennie & Ruth cycled & played raquets.

Monday 14 May Mrs. H. Levy drawing room tea 5 - 6. Ruth left directly after breakfast.

Cold. Maud still feeling v. seedy. Lin unable to come until tomorrow. Mr. Gibson rector dined with us, odd man, distinctly excentric.

Tuesday 15 May Mrs. Cyril Maude 3 to 5.30. Lin came down on cycle, v. bad influenza cold. Arrived about 6.30. Lennie v. depressed. Maudie looking solemn in 27

MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 consequence. Gathered wild hyacinths with Nurse Francis & darling Baby.

Wednesday 16 May Great packing of silver fear darling Maud v. tired. Returned to London by 2.39 train, Mackay & my fares 7/-, fees £1.0.0. Nurse Francis leaving tonight to see her late charge, poor little thing dying of meningitis, worried Maud dreadfully. Crawfurd remaining & Nana wired for. Mervyn & Ethel dined here at 7.30, V. pleasant evg.

Thursday 17 May Mrs. A. Welby’s dinner 8 o’c. Acp’t. (illeg) interesting dinner, badly cooked & badly served. Walked to Midge’s, out, on to Maud. Went with her to Dr Pollock thinks one ovary enlarged cause of pain, & care needed. Maud with me to luncheon, left at 4 alone. Lennie & M. to theatre. Lin’s cold bad.

Friday 18 May Out morg. & M. to Redfern. Saw her fitted 2 dresses, home in her carriage, left her at Mrs. Messel’s. Out at 4 in brougham to Miss Millais, Kettle, Fritz, saw Mrs. Jackson, Reeve, Lawrence & Midge. A Gen Botha taken pris.

Saturday 19 May App’t Mrs. Young 3 o’c. Redfern 12 o’c. Unable to keep either. Relief of Mafeking. X. Kept awake half the night with noise of shouting as the news was made known late last night. Shop’d morg. called at Mr. Hartree. Lin & self to matinée Prince of Wales. Martin Harvey “Rouget de Lisle”, “Ab & little Christina” & Pantomime Reh. Midge & Dora to tea after Ranelagh.

Sunday 20 May Lin & self dine 7 30 Lady Hickman’s. X. Paid £30 to Hambro & Son, 70 Old Broad St, E.C. for 1st instalment of £100 Stock 4% City of Christiana 28

MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 loan 1900, making £65 in all pd. Walked Holland Pk. & read morg. Lin & self alone luncheon.

Monday 21 May Out morg. To Redfern by om. Afternoon to Midge. Maud v. worried avec menage. 2 lbs butter, flowers, to Young & arranged for 12 o’c Friday.

Wire fr. Sophy about Edgar. All well fr. War Office. Quiet evening, bed early. Lin’s cold better, to Calais for day.

Tuesday 22 May Mrs. Cyril Maude 3 - 5.30. Mrs. Welby & Maud to luncheon 1.30, & Mrs. W’s sister. V. wet day. Met darling Maud at Redfern’s & drove home together. Girls served luncheon nicely & quickly. V. wet afternoon.

Dinner at 6.15. Lin & self to “American Beauty”

Wednesday 23 May Mrs. C. Corbett’s dinner, unable to go. I go alone. Mrs. Wheen’s at home 4 - 7. To be fitted Redfern 12 o’c. Conrad comes to us for a few days, dined out. V. pleasant dinner at Mrs. C’s. Sat next to Mr. Kennard, v. interesting young man with v. pretty wife, had travelled. Mr Cullan(?) sang charmingly after dinner.

Thursday 24 May Out morg. Called 4 o’c Mrs. Steincopff, saw Col & Mrs. Mackenzie of Seaforth there. Pd several other calls. Darling Maud & Lennie dined here. All in very good spirits. Maud met Bill W. at Temple Flower show who wd. follow her about, Lennie v. angry.

Friday 25 May Lady Quilter 5 - 6. To be fitted Young’s 12 o’c, late, went again 5. Out morg. to Redfern’s was fitted. Home cab. Went for ½ hour to see Ruskin’s collection of Turners at Fine Arts. Called Midge, Maud’s, out, Mrs. Turquand, Threlfall, H. Levy, Mrs. Hankey & Lady Q. Lin, Con & self dined at 8.30.

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Saturday 26 May Mrs. Johnson-Ferguson’s dinner 8 o’c. Acp’t for Lin & self. In all morg.

Con, Lin & self to matinée “Madame Butterfly” V. charming & sad little piece. Cab home. Con dined at Midge’s. Dora, Ethel E. & Effie called morg. V. delightful dinner Mrs. J.F’s. Mr. Kennedy took me in & Sir Robert Head radical other side, most interesting. Mr. & Mrs. Milman & Sir F. & Lady Hartland both asked me to call. Saw little maid asking £25!

Sunday 27 May Out morg. Gardens, awful crowd of people like ants. Dora to lunch & dinner. Con took her to Park, met Midge & Hamilton. Mr. Bret Harte called, does not look well.

Monday 28 May Out morg. to be fitted Redfern. Con & Lin to the Levée, back at 4.30. I called on Mrs. Spofforth & Mrs. Gill. Tea with Con & Lin here 5 o’c & in cab with Con to Midge’s about Dora, wire fr. Maud asking her to go.

Eclipse of Sun!

Tuesday 29 May Mrs. Cyril Maude 3 - 5.30. Out 11 o’c in brougham to Mrs. Mason & Mrs. Graham après les filles. Met Spencer at Barkers. Effie Conrad lunched here. Mrs. Turquand, Dora, Mrs. & Miss Enthoven & Miss Rose Innes called. Conrad dined at the Hollands. J’ai vu jeune fille. Vingt livres de gages, assez bien dîmes bien mauvais ce soir.

Wednesday 30 May Mrs. Hankey 4 - 6.30. 2.30 Mrs. Young. 10 AM to Mrs. Coquhan(?) à cause de jeune fille. Dora goes to Lennie & Maud at Mitre Hotel Oxford until Friday. Out morg. rest after. To first night “Rip van Winkle” at Haymarket, brilliant house. Wire fr. Mr. Spielman, Lin to go to Paris at once.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Thursday 31 May Saw job. parlourmaid fr. Mrs. Mason. Effie came morg. taken rooms near Goring(?). Con returned to Worthing. I drove to Redfern with their gown failure, promised for Saty morg. Marshalls, Barkers & Mrs. Roller, out.

Lin out after luncheon.

Friday 1 June To the Oaks with Mr. D’Arcy. Wretched day, cold rain, unable to go.

Packed.

Saturday 2 June Miss Grossmith’s wedding 2.30. To spend day at Oxford with Lennie Maud & Roy. Packed evg, or finished rather. To Oxford by 9.40. To Hotel, saw Maud, Lennie, Roy, Dora & Mr. Marriott. Bodleian Library, & lunched in Roy’s rooms. Excellent & delicious luncheon. Tea at Hotel & home to dinner. V. pleasant day. D. smoked to Roy’s disgust!

Sunday 3 June Came to Paris by 11.40. Met Mr. Merryweather, lunched Calais with him.

Travelled to Amiens with Judge Snagge. V. entertaining & v. gallant!

Uncivil Frenchman got in at Amiens. Absence porters Paris, drunken cabman. Comfortable room Grande Hotel du Trocadero overlooking river. Good din. in a barrack empty room.

Monday 4 June To Exhibition with Lin. Fearful crowd & great heat & dust. Magnificent buildings, went thro’ Beaux Arts. Modern Japanese paintings. Rue des Nations etc etc. Met Mr Davis lunched with him Continental. To Ex. again. Dressed & hoped to dine at Ledoyens, no room, dined à la carte Continental. Sat out again with Mr. Davis. Cabs everywhere v. (illeg) our Hotel but good room.

Tuesday 5 June

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Met Lin at Ledoyen 12 o’c. He arrived fr. Ex. with Mr. E.George architect, little nervous restless man, nice but fatiguing conversation so detailed.

Had table facing garden. Went after to exhibition v. tiring thro’ galleries & on (illeg) air soulant. Dined at (illeg) & Albion with the Spielmans, Mons. George, Onlow Ford there also. Sat after with Sir J. Montefiore & Admiral Keppel in corridor of Hotel. Had dinner badly served, great difficulty in getting cab to go, arrived late.

Wednesday 6 June Dossie Noott comes. X. Ami. Nothing at Louvre worth buying, dearer & not half so pretty as our own shops. Went off to Mr Spielman & we went Louvre & lunched at Duvals, bad cheap. Met Admiral Kepple at Exhibition. Went thro’ Galleries. X. Petit ami on way to the Palais de l’optique, had to return. Sat at Gates of Champs Elysee & saw Mrs. Pitt’s young sister & Mr. & Mrs. Mills both sisters looking sweet. Also Sir J. Montefiore. Cab home. Dined at Continental with Mr. Davis or rather he with us. None of us went to Mons. Delcassé’s reception, Foreign Minister.

Thursday 7 June Lady Richmond 4 - 7. In bed till 11 o’c. Lunched at Hotel Trocadero dreary barn of a room not a soul in it. Bad & expensive luncheon. Lin & self dined with Mr E.George at Restaurant Henri, Rue St Augustin. Mr. Davis, Mr. Onslow Ford & his son, Mr. & Mrs. Spielman, most excellent dinner. Left in a hurry with Mrs. S & self faint. Stuffy heat when cigars came. All except Mr. Davis & ourselves went to reception Mons.

Delcassé last evg. V. brilliant affair.

Friday 8 June Letter fr. Ethel. Lucy Fearn leaves & temporary maid comes for fortnight.

X. Letter fr. Maud. Drove to Continental & dined there, sat after with Mr Davis. Much interested watching love-sick man & 2 girls with old gentleman, evidently enamoured with the blue blouse one! Lin lunched

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 at Hotel with me, good & not as expensive as yesterday, Cab strike. Lin to Exhibition after.

Saturday 9 June Lovely morg. Lin to Ex. No judging today or tomorrow. Ham L. was to arrive Paris last night for Grand Prix. Hamilton called at 11.30 just bathing so c’d not see him & Lin out. H. staying with Spanish friend 21 Avenue d’Autin. Lin & self lunched Ledoyen saw lonely American girl exquisitely dressed. Drove to Continental. Lin called at Embassy & we drove after to American artist Mr. Alexander, 190 Boulv. Malesherbes. V. charming wife etc. Dined Continental à la carte. Sat with Mr. Davis after.

Watched l’amoureuse!

Sunday 10 June Lovely day, Grand Prix. H. going with Mons. V. Lin & self lunched Ledoyens, met Mr. Davis & Mr. George & Mr. A. Henderson, Maggie & Mr. Makins. To Louvre after, missed seeing the Rubens as closed at 4.

To Continental at 7.30. Mr. George dined with us there, 50 fr. din. Saw people returning fr. Grand Prix. Sat in courtyard with Mr. Davis & General Hawkins, American & v. entertaining. Amourants there.

Monday 11 June Lady Hickman’s at home. Golden wedding! 4.30 - 7. Mrs. Rawlinson 4 - 7.

Ethel & Mervyn come to stay. Lin lunching with Commission. V. v. hot.

Lin at Ex. all day. Went to Bon marché, had chocolate (illeg), good. V. hot day bought (illeg) boa (illeg). Met Lin at 4 o’c outside Beaux Arts. Mr. Stapleton came & talked. Took cab to Hotel dressed & went to Ledoyens dined there outside, dire confusion! To Ambassadeurs 8/- wasted, bad.

Fiacre back.

Tuesday 12 June Mrs. Fildes 4 - 7. Lin had a day off. Met him at 11 o’c at Gallerie Rodin.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 exquisite. English Pavilion disappointing. Spanish tapestries v. fine & armour. Boabdil’s surtout & sword. Swiss village disap. Dined Col. Jeckyll’s, 12, arrived ¾ hr too early. Sat next to Col. J. & Mr. Purdon Clarke architect, Lady G(?) Mr. & Mrs. Horner & (illeg) came in later.

Wednesday 13 June Cooler. Wet. Pouring again. Reception at English Pavilion. I went thro Ex. alone, saw Pasteur bottles! Belgian Pavilion beautiful large building fine old tapestries. 2 huge carved chests with panels painted. Had 2 cups of chocolate & petit pain. To meet Lin at Petit Palais 4 o’c. Rained.

Missed him. Went to Mr. Jeckyll’s recep. & to Hotel Continental. Waited 2 hours for Lin quite exhausted. Arived at 8. Dined together. Mr. Davis & Mr. Spielman sat with us after. Mr. Stapleton, Steadman etc at Mr. J’s.

Thursday 14 June Lady Richmond 4 - 7. Lin & self together all day. To Madeleine in om.

Saw wedding procession. Lin v. angry man punched young girl!

Lunched at Grand Hotel, met de la Rues, staying at Hotel de Londres, Purdon Clarke, Mrs. Spielman. Walked to exhibition. Saw Japan section wonderful! Norwegian, Sweden, Italian, American & German. 2 china busts of women as fountains fr. W(illeg)!! Walked to Hotel, chocolate 1fr.80. Dined Continental. Walk with Gen. Hawkins & Mr. Davis. Cooler & rain. Amours still at Hotel, he left early. Lin saw odd cycle accident.

Friday 15 June Pay last instalment £32 to Messrs Hambro & Sons 4% City of Christiana loan 1900. Miss Neaves at home 4 - 7. Lin no bath. Lin to Jury. Cool & grey morg. Met him at Ledoyens by om. to blue entrance. Dear luncheon, sole 4 fr! No one much at Ledoyens. To Ex. with Lin & thro’ pictures & statuary, endless. Heard band. Courton’s mode girl lovely.

Took om. to Louvre & walked to Continental, dined there. Introduced to Mrs. Hawkins by Gen. H, the amorous Frenchman not there. Unable to meet Mr. Spielman 2.30 at Petit Palais.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Saturday 16 June Fearful accident with one of compressed air trains Passy. Lin no bath.

Lin & self to Exhibition, walked thro’ dress depart’ on round railway & to Ledoyens to lunch. V. dear again for little. Met Mr. George, Yeames, Spielman & Stapleton. Lin on to Jury after, I to Continental, wrote letters & walked to Palais Royal, bought Maud buckle 12 frcs. Had chocolate, took cab back. Met Lin, lost his gold badge & cannot find letter fr. Maud for me!!! He on to dine at Elysée, President Loubet, I to Hotel, had omelette & chocolate small shop. Home, packed.

Sunday 17 June Left Paris 11.50. Saw our luggage safely station & walked about Paris!

Met de la Rues returning. Mrs Spielman travelled with us to London. Met Henry Dickens, Enid engaged, also Mr. Payton, Mr. ? Mrs. Spielman’s two children met her at Charing X. Heaps of letters here awaiting us.

Nouvelle pro tem ici. Sais son ouvrage mais ne regarde pas dans les yeux en parlant.

Monday 18 June Mrs Rawlinson 11 - 7. Paid last instalment on Christiana £32 to Hambro & Sons, 70 Old Broad St. Also last instalment on 5 allotted shares in Cent Arg. Rly £10 to London & Westminster Bank, Lothbury EC. Darling Maud to luncheon looked tired, gave me sweet little pendant like her own & lovely flowers. Called at 4 o’c on Mrs. P. Holland, saw Ethel there.

To Georgie Rooke saw Cap R & little girl. Cards to Cameron Corbett, Johnson Ferguson, Maud’s & Midge’s. Dora, Maud & Lennie dining with Miss R. Innes & theatre after.

Tuesday 19 June Mrs. Fildes 4 - 7. Darling Maud & Tilda to luncheon. Maud to tea & Len & Maud to dinner, 8.15. Lennie v. seedy excema. Maud to Mrs. Boughton’s at home. Out shops morg. Whiteley etc. Tilda to lunch & tea. Mrs. Kettle, Mrs. Johnson Ferguson & Miss Stancombe Wills, Miss Rose Innes, called. Lin v. tired after hard day.

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Wednesday 20 June Tea at Mrs. Thorneycroft, 48 Portland Place. Miss Holland 9 o’c. At ¼ to 4 to call Lady Sadler, Mrs. Blair, Mrs. Shannon, Miss Hosier, Mrs. Thorneycroft, v. pretty girls & good singing, & Mrs. Kendal & Mrs. Messel. Beastly day heavy showers hot & cold. Lin v. busy photoing.

Thursday 21 June Lady Richmond 4 - 7. Mrs. Harvey 5 - 6.30. At 3.30 to Mrs. Evans with Maud, Mrs. Harvey’s, Lady Watson out. Mrs. Bainbridges party, v. pretty women there, Mr. B. v. to the front & Mrs. Bainbridge sweetly pretty & v. delicate fair. Jessie like D. but jerky modern manners. Pouring wet day.

Lennie & Maud dined here, only Emma & Mackay. Ellen pro tem left, here a fortnight c’d have done without her. Met Max O’Reily(?) & Sir W. Gatacre.

Friday 22 June Miss Walter Crane’s wedding eve! 10 o’c. Lunch 1.15 Mrs. Spielman & tea 5 o’c at Mrs. Thorneycroft’s 48 Portland Place. No, last Wed! Miss Rose Innes tea, unable to go. Walked Whiteleys & chose fowl & to Mrs. Spielman, 6 to luncheon. Fritters of whiting, Brisket of beef, cold lamb cutlets in aspic, peas, new potatoes, junket & cherries. Saw Maud off after to Vic. Called on Mrs. F. Lucas, Tupper, Milman, Cyril Maude, Redfern & Young about dress. Thunder. Letters fr. Edgar.

Saturday 23 June Mrs. Riviere 4 - 7. Out morg. Woollands, Barkers etc. Lin busy all day.

Wire for Roy to go week’s cruise “Joyeuse” Tabby on Monday, can’t go, 3 legal dinners. At 3.30 to Ranelagh with Midge, Ham & Dora on coach.

Met de la Rues, Tates, Chapman, Carlisle, Messels, Hemming, Hastings etc etc. V. fine day brilliant assemblage. Saw Sp. & Ada. Emilie called. To Empire with Lin evg. V. v. good performance. Ld. Roberts crossing Vet(?) river, wonderful enjoyed both muchly.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Sunday 24 June Sunday pottering morg, repaid(?) house looks nice. Lady, a Mrs. Powell, called about Emilie 3 o’c. Lin working. To Sir Alfred Hickman’s at 4.30 for tennis. Wire fr. Tabbie for Lin & self to go fr. tomorrow for cruise in Solent. Dull day no or little sun. No one called. Quiet day to bed early.

Monday 25 June Mrs. Rawlinson 4 - 7. Heavy thunder storms. Letter fr. Tabbie to go to yacht for week. Can’t alas manage it. X. Dear Roy returns fr. Oxford for good. X. New maid Jane Hazell comes. To call at 4 o’c on Lady Robertson, Lady Dixon Hartland, Lady Lawrence, Mrs. Rhodes.

Tuesday 26 June Mrs. Fildes 4 - 7. 12.15 Mrs. Young & Redfern. Pd Mrs. Mason 12/6. Mabel Wallace to luncheon. Another wire from Roy not coming today! Mrs. Spofforth, Mrs. & Mary Nicol, Miss Hemming, Mrs. C.Burnand called. Lin working hard on MacCormack drawing, dined 8.40.

Wednesday 27 June Mrs. Wheen’s 4 - 7, 6 Cumberland Terrace Regents Pk. Out morning.

Paid calls with Maud all afternoon & Mabel Wallace who we met at Westbourne Ter. Home in cab. V. good music at Mrs. Wheen’s.

Thursday 28 June Lady Richmond 4 - 7. Miss Webster & the Master of the Rolls 10 o’c.

Dine at Mrs. Braunstein’s 8 o’c. Out morg. With Maud at 4 o’c, called on Mr. Wolff, Mrs. McClean, Chapman, Hohler, Hartree, Cap’t Heathorn & Lady Richmond. Met young Onslow Ford there, v. intense. Dull party.

Maud’s dinner of 8 tonight. Mary Millais, Mr. Guthrie, Mr Schuster.

Friday 29 June Mrs. Moscheles 4 - 6. Mrs. Pollock 4.30 - 7. Morg. to Redferns to be fitted. Stores about belt, had brougham. Met Mary Millais. Roy home very late again, Lin angry. Maud’s Victoria fetched me & we called together on Mrs. Moscheles (v. pretty house) & to Mrs. Pollock, saw Dr 37

MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Rivers Pollock there! Good playing & singing & band. Roy out all day in to lunch & dinner.

Saturday 30 July Mrs. Riviere 4 - 7. Mrs. Tupper after 4. Morg performance at Haymarket “School for Scandal” . Maud & Lennie to Ranelagh, called after looking v. sweet with Lennie. Lin, Roy & self to see “School for Scandal” Mr. & Mrs. C. Maude. V. good. Tea at home. Maud & Lennie rushed in on their way home fr. Ranelagh, M. looking sweet. Quiet evg. at home.

Sunday 1 July Lin & self lunch at Lady Dixon Hartland 2 o’c. Lennie Maud & Mr. George Nicol dine here. Miss Rose Innes & Mr. Woolff called. Dull dinner, R. will interrupt conversation so. Lin & Roy on to Housewarming at Bernard Partridge’s, I too tired. V. pleasant luncheon, or rather talk with Sir F.D.Hartland during luncheon, condemns Buller & Methuen.

Monday 2 July Astronomer Royal party 3 - 6. Mde Antoinette Stirling 4 -7, 24 Marlborough Place. Miss Wares 4 -7. Blanche Cole 5 -7. Lin dines with Sir Squire Bancroft. Roy also dines out. Miss Innes dines alone with me here. Roy v. late home. Met Effie Weigal, Raphael & the Burnand girls at Miss Warres. Called on Midge & Maud & Aunt Linda. Uncle E. v ill.

Tuesday 3 July Academy Soirée, 9 o’c. X. Ami. Uncle Edwin died last night at 11.45. XX. Dora & Judy Mason to luncheon. Lady Bergne, Mrs. Nembhard, Mrs. Rooth called, & Ethel English. Roy dined with Maud, 9 there, & on with her to Soirée. Lin also to soirée after dinner.

Wednesday 4 July Sir W.H.Wills dinner, can’t go. Astronemer Royal’s 3 - 6. Martin Harvey’s Box 4. Four places for theatre. To be fitted Woollands & Miss Phillips & home. Too seedy to go to theatre, Roy went alone.

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Thursday 5 July The Master of the Rolls 10 o’c. Mrs. Huish’s tea 4 - 7 at Lords, table block A. Mrs. Bosanquet’s luncheon also at Lords. Tilda lunched here.

Left cards on Sir Squire Bancroft & Mrs. Braunstein. Fitted at Woollands, dress home, pd.for it £15.4.6. Roy with Mr. Hemming to Henley & dined at the H’s. Maud & Lennie to Henley dine with Miss Rose Innes.

Friday 6 July Tea at Mrs. Huish’s at Lords, table block A. Lunch at Mrs. Bosanquet’s at Lords. Too seedy to go. Roy at Lords all day, came back with Maud & Mr. Hemming. Midge, Judy, Lady Bancroft, Mrs. Lennie Lewis called. I went at 4 to Marshall. Met Mrs. Rhodes & dau. Miss Phillips about collar.

Left cards on Mrs. Pirrie & Mrs. English. Saw Ethel & young Larkin there.

Saturday 7 July Mrs. Riviere 4 - 7. Lady Anne Blunt 1 o’c Crabbet. The Vicar’s garden party. Lady Ellis’s garden party. Ethel English to dinner. XX Uncle Edwin’s funeral. Roy went to house & church. V. pleased with flowers fr.

Barkers. Lin out all morg part of afternoon. Met Sir F. & Lady Dixon Hartland, Lady Nottage, Mrs George Stoker, Sir H. & Lady Bergne etc.

Roy & Maud to Lords lunched with Mrs. Bosanquet there. La nouvelle fille dit q’elle veut s’(illeg)

Sunday 8 July Glorious morg. Clouded over later. Lin & self to Park, cab’d there & back. Great crowd. Met Mr. Pollock, Spielmann, a’Becketts etc. Roy & Lin to Sir A. Hickman’s for tennis. Mr. & Mrs. McClean came to tea & Mervyn called late. Lin & Roy to Sir A. Hickman’s.

Monday 9 July Blanche Cole 4 - 7. Saw a maid. Out at 4 called on Mrs. Gill, Spofforth, Godenough, Neaves, Maud’s, Spielman, D’Arcy, Lady D. Hartland & home & called for umbrella Mrs. English. Effie, Conrad, Lennie & Maud 39

MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 to dinner. Effie’s manners shocking. Con & Eff had big row before coming!!! Maud looking v. sweet & pretty. Roy dined out.

Tuesday 10 July Mrs. Tupper 4.30. Lin & self dine with Mr. Reid 8 o’c. Asked Mrs Bosanquet to luncheon. Invite to tea Col & Desirée Welby, House of Commons. Out 11 o’c to Whiteley pd. bill £1 odd. Stores. Midge, Dora, Mrs. Gill & friend, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Hartree, Mrs. Pitt, Mrs. P. Holland, Mrs. Paxton & Maud called. Met Dr O. at stores & Clara Bergheim at Whiteleys.

Wednesday 11 July Tea at Mrs. Pollock’s 4.30. Lady Hickmans. Queen’s garden party.

Maudie came for me at 3.30. Called on Lady Pontifex, Webster, Huish, W.Crane, Miss Holland, Mrs. Pirrie, Mrs. Dent etc etc & to tea Mrs. Pollock’s. Mr. Pollock also in. Mervyn, Ethel & Mabel Wallace dined here.

Darling Maud & Lennie came in after dinner & young Wallace to fetch his sister.

Thursday 12 July Out morg. Whiteleys, om. Maudie called for me 4 o’c to Claridges & many other places & Miss Thomson. Saw Coupé there! Enjoyed drive immensely. Roy in to lunch & dinner.

Friday 13 July Lin & self dine with Lady Lawrence, delightful evg. & dinner. Sat next to Sir Trevor & Sir Landor Brunton took me down. Nice simple little man but have no opinion of him as a doctor on same footing with Orton! Eton & Harrow match Lords, Maud & Roy there. Saw fire at house in Queen’s Gate driving to dinner, 3 fire engines soon put it out. Bad news fr. S. Africa. Edgar wounded in engagement at Nitrals Nek, 5 companies of Lincolns & Scots Greys surprised by Boers.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Maud to Glovers. Bad news Edgar wounded on Wed at Nitrals Nek. Mrs. Riviere 4 - 7. Mrs. Quintin Twiss dinner 8 o’c. Out morg. on foot. Met Mrs. Palgrave Simpson. Rested afternoon. Wired at 9AM to Sophy, had already started for S. Africa! Only received bad news yesterday fr.

Edgar, wounded, not badly. Feel unhappy & anxious. Mr Allan took me in at Mrs. T’s. Neurotic person, poseur, & unreal wife the same. Lovely bride Mrs Avery(?) only relief to a dull, bad, dinner. Company uninteresting & silly, tiresome talk. Exciting day Eton & Harrow, latter winning by one run only. Vy. hot.

Sunday 15 July Lin & Roy to Calais. Bad headache. Lovely day. Miss Rose Innes called.

Feel vy. seedy & most anxious about Edgar. Terrible accounts of massacre of all Europeans at Pekin. Tragedies of the Middle Ages returned. Lin Roy & self alone evg. V. hot.

Monday 16 July Miss Stancombe Wills marriage 2.15. Violent gastric attack, to bed & Orton. Had to put off tomorrow’s dinner. Midge called. I had long letter fr. Edgar 8 pages dated 9th June. Sanguine about speedy termination of war. Telegram later fr. War Office saying Edgar severely wounded left ankle 10th July at Nitral’s Nek. Letter fr. Marion Pollock. Sophy sailed in Union steam ship “Scott”. V. feverish all day. V. hot.

Tuesday 17 July Dinner 8. M. Stones, Welbys, Fagans, Sir H. & Lady Bergne. Miss Vaughan Morgan, Fritz Jackson, Mrs. Turquand, Kettle, Braunstein, Miss Rose Innes, Miss May. Postponed. Mrs. Reeds evg. party 9.30. In bed all day. Feel v. weak & ill generally. Darling Maud laden with flowers arrived 10.30 looking v. well. Stayed till 4.15. Roy saw her off at Vic Sta, brougham. Midge, Dora & May Nembhard called, saw them. Mrs. Braunstein to enquire. Miss White came about blouses.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Lovely day. V. hot. Feel better. Orton came morg. Got up after luncheon .

Sat in drawing room. Roy v. argumentative & disagreable. Fortunately out after dinner & had carriage. Saw Isabel Brudenell & a dear little (illeg) she is nurse to. Jane out. Maudie came for a short time, tea. She & Lennie dining at Mr. Bainbridge’s.

Thursday 19 July Lord Justice Romer’s daughter’s marriage to C.S. Ascherson 2.30. Clara Bergheim’s dinner, Lin, Roy & self, 8 o’c. Emma out. Lennie & Maud return to the Glovers. Drove in Park for 1½ hours. V. seedy. Awfully hot.

Friday 20 July Mrs. Tupper 4.30. Miss White here for day. Only did portion of under bodice & a little of net ditto. Stays. Jane after 2 places before dinner.

Saturday 21 July Miss Sutton’s marriage at St Luke’s C. Sidney St Chelsea 2 o’c. Go 3.30 with Midge Ranalagh. Maud’s school treat. V. hot. To shops morg. To Ranelagh at 4 with Midge. Lin & Roy to “Casino Girl” after dinner. Feel awfully seedy & weak. Jane after place Inverness Ter.

Sunday 22 July Lin & Roy to Calais. In all day. Miss Rose Innes came at tea time, tired me out. Returned for dinner & remained until 11.30! Simply dead.

Monday 23 July V. hot. Miss White here all day. Dr Orton called, made great discovery I was better! I already knew it myself! Roy to Exhibition evg. Went at 4 o’c about lamb, ice, etc.

Tuesday 24 July Lin’s dinner. Awfully hot. To stores morg. Lord Robertson, Hon Mr. Laurence, Sir F. Dixon Hartland, Sir Squire Bancroft, Mr. Roger Wallace, Mr. Lucy, Col. Welby, Canon Ainger, Mr. G. Armstrong, Lin & Roy. 42

MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Mackay no head round table. 2 men to wait. Caviare, soup, cold salmon, Volaille, Roast lamb, peas. Haricots verts, (illeg) salad.

Wednesday 25 July S’en va. La nouvelle veut. Kate. Isabel Bridewell. Quiet evg & bed early.

Roy sat out with me after dinner in Yard. V. hot.

Thursday 26 July Packed afternoon. Stores morg. Roy out evening.

Friday 27 July Finished packing. Left at 5 o’c. Awful thunderstorm, had to go by later train. Baby & Nurse Francis at Horley to meet us, Roy & self. Pouring wet. Lennie Maud & Mabel at Nymans, ret’d evg. Mr Yesart dined here.

Saturday 28 July Lovely day. Lennie & Roy left at 2 o’c for Bisley. Lennie’s soldier servant with him. Mabel Wallace left early 9.15. Maudie & self sat out. X. Petit ami au soir. Lin on “Arcadia” with Sir F. Sutherland’s party until Monday or Tuesday.

Sunday 29 July In bed till 12 o’c. Maud to Church. Mr. & Mrs. Ansdell called & stayed tea.

Rained a little.

Monday 30 July In bed till 12. Maudie to London for the day. Met her at Horley 5.12 in brougham. Lin returns fr. “Arcadia” trial trip, Sir Thomas Sutherland.

Tuesday 31 July In bed till 12. Sat out all afternoon with Maud. M. packed evg. Letters fr.

Lin, Roy, Mrs. Corbett.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 In bed till 12. Maud to Nymans until Saty. V. wet day. Letters fr. Lin, Midge, Polly Robertson.

Thursday 2 August Lin came down arrived 7 o’c. Rain & cold. Soap bubbles for Baby. In bed till 12.

Friday 3 August Coldish day. Sat out a little. Came down to breakfast as Lin here. Lin busy writing letters.

Saturday 4 August Nurse F. with Baby & self to Nymans in brougham. All Messels, Mr. & Miss Gibbes & Mr. Johnson there. Baby delighted with go cart & horse.

Lin came over on cycle for tea. Maudie returned home with us. Felt awfully sick & had to go to bed during dinner.

Sunday 5 August Darling Maud’s birthday. Cold & rainy & dull. Lin for 2 short walks. Fires in most rooms & glad of them.

Monday 6 August Miserably cold & raining hard, fires. Still little F! Lin wrote letters & had 2 short walks.

Tuesday 7 August Dull & cold, fires afternoon. To garden party at Mrs. Heron’s. Violent showers returning. Met Mrs. Torrens, Nembhard & 2 daughters there. Lin tried to get to Bisley, cross train one hour late. Returned evg.

Uncomfortable day for him.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Dull, fitfully fine & cold. Lin to town 12 o’c. Maud to Nymans until Saturday. Nurse, Baby, Maud & self to Nymans for day, return evg. leaving Maud. Letters fr. Midge & Mervyn.

Thursday 9 August V. wet day. Mal de tête à cause de l’ennui avec les filles. Je ne said que faire à cause de la mienne, elle n’a pas l’air com il faut.

Friday 10 August (blank)

Saturday 11 August Maudie returned from Nymans. Lin came down 6 o’c. Lennie came 7 o’c.

Maud drove Reigate to meet him.

Sunday 12 August Lennie Maud Lin & self sat out. Lovely day. Lennie ret’d Bisley 4 o’c.

Maud went to Horley with him.

Monday 13 August Lovely day. Lin to Bisley home late. V. hot but he seemed bright & lively & greatly enjoyed his dinner. Made calls on Lady Kendal, Mrs. Hohler & Mrs. Terrens, all out.

Tuesday 14 August Glorious day. In all day working. Lin busy letters. Parlage avec la fille attend plus que Linley droit qu’elle devait (illeg). Nurse & Baby out in dog cart. Letter fr. Mrs. Johnson Ferguson asking us there in Oct.

Wednesday 15 August Dear Lin to London by 4.50. Quiet day.

Thursday 16 August Lovely day. In all day. Nana arrived looks v. seedy.

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Friday 17 August Lovely day. Maid & self go to Nymans 4.30. Nurse Millie arriving to take care of Baby for month during Nurse Francis’ absence. Arrived late 6 o’c at Nymans called at Crawley for 3 brace of grouse fr. V. Watney. Mrs. Eliot at Nymans.

Saturday 18 August Lovely day. Mr. Messel, Ruth & self at 4 o’c to Mrs. Steincopff’s garden party. Maud at Nymans awaiting Lennie from Bisley. Mrs. Messel, Mrs. Hardy & Mrs. Eliot to Mrs. Luscombe’s garden party. Sir T. Thomson & wife & Hohlers there. The Mackenzies & Dr Parker at Mrs. S’s. Lovely place. Mr. Konig & Dr Messel arrived & Mrs. Hardy (Miss Hallowes) came to stay.

Sunday 19 August Lovely day. Dear Roy’s birthday, 22 today. All the girls go to Church.

Maud, Lennie & Dr Messel to woods morning. Sat out after.

Monday 20 August Sat out, read, wrote. Unsettled weather. Darling Baby & Nurse Millie arrived at Nymans. Nana v. ill, wired for hospital nurse.

Tuesday 21 August Showery, colder. Wrote morg. Maud, Mrs. M & self to Mrs. Hohler’s afternoon party. Met Lady Florence, Mrs. & Miss Burke, Mrs. & Miss Luscombe, Lady Goring who imparted interesting news private. Mr. Napier & Mr. Venning etc. Enjoyed it v. well. Hilda, Mr. Hallows & Mrs. Hardy sang evg, Hilda extremely well, astonished. Long walk with Mr. Messel. All had bathe morg. in lake, Mr. M, Mr. H & all.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Maud & self ret’d fr. Nymans 7 o’c. Nymans party to flower show. Found Nana much better than expected, under charge of good hospital nurse.

Alternate sun & rain. Cold.

Thursday 23 August Heavy showers & sunshine occasionally. Maud packing. In all day.

Letters fr. Mr. Messel & Linley.

Friday 24 August Darling Maud left for London. Lennie joins her there. I drove to station with her. Garnet went too, elle part pour bon aujourd’hui a cause de l’affaire avec ma fille. Went for short walk to Cottage Hospital after lunch, depressing matron & nurse but everything exquisitely neat & clean. Not a soul there! But the matron & her daughter to help occasionally. Nana much better, saw Dr.

Saturday 25 August Lovely day. Received Chinese Bond 6%. 95 No 1155 fr. Messel office.

Forwarded it to London & County Bank. X. Roy returning to stay Stafford Ter fr. Bisley. Lin remaining with him. Lennie & Maud start at 10 o’c for Scotland. Drove to Crawley, bought honey 1/-, pears 6d, herbs 1d. Nana better. Crawfurd came.

Sunday 26 August To church. Was introduced to Rector’s son, seems nice boy. Lin & Roy to Calais. Nana had bad heart attack. Cold. Sat out & read a little. Too cold to remain, v. windy. Wrote letters.

Monday 27 August Dull, cold. Drove 3.30 Crawley.

Tuesday 28 August Dull, cold. Letters. Drove 3.30 Crawley.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Wednesday 29 August Awful indigestion. Lovely day. Letters fr. darling Maud, Lin etc. Flower show. Finished reading Balzac’s “Le Curé de Village”. Strange book, powerfully written. Moral quaint & french. Ellen to flower show.

Thursday 30 August Awful indigestion. Lovely day. Had hours drive at 3.30. Letters fr. Lin, Bret Harte, Maud. J’entends que la fille était au fête et qu’elle est dans ce pays depuis vendredi.

Friday 31 August Darling Baby one year old today. Lovely day, still feel indigestion. Went to Nymans 3 o’c. Nonie looking radient & so pretty & well. Ottie & her 2 babies there, & 2 nurses. Mrs. Micklejohn & Mrs. Haynes, Mr. Macquoid & a girl ? drove back 6.15. Quiet evg & bed early.

Saturday 1 September Dear Lin comes 6.2. Wet soaking morning impossible to get more than table flowers. Lin arrived 7 o’c looks well fr. Scotch visit.

Sunday 2 September Darling Maud & Lennie return fr. Scotland in time for luncheon. Maudie looks very well, Lennie v. brown.

Monday 3 September Lovely Sept morg. Lennie to office early. Lin working.

Tuesday 4 September Lovely day. Tea at Mrs. Hohler’s. Miss Yarborough, Lady Goring & Mrs Molesworth authoress there. Had fearful indigestion unable to enjoy talking with Mrs. Molesworth. On to meet Lennie. Traction engine!

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Lovely day. Wrote & sat out morg. Called on Lady (illeg) & returned to Glovers leaving Maud to drive & meet Lennie. Drove Lin to station first.

Lennie busy with photos evg. in study.

Thursday 6 September Returned home from darling Maud’s 4.41. Maud drove me to station.

Lovely warm day. Lin & self alone quiet dinner.

Friday 7 September Out morg.

Saturday 8 September Packed. Out morning. Left by 8 o’clock for Scotland. Slept badly, stop’d so often.

Sunday 9 September Breakfast at Perth. Met Mabel Lewis & Mr. Stuart Wortley. At Balliluig.

Saw Mr. Wilson on way to Mr. Wolff.

Monday 10 September Miss Taylor & Mr. Ryle left before luncheon. Letter fr. Maud. Miss Blunt staying at Nymans!

Tuesday 11 September In all morg. working, fearful indigestion afternoon. Letter fr. Maud, Roy & Doctor Bisley Thorne. Only walked round garden with Rosalind. Lady Margaret & Lady Frances drove, self afraid on account of cold.

Wednesday 12 September Fine. Worked & read. Wrote letters.

Thursday 13 September Queeny(?) arrived. Lady F. & Mrs. Duff away all day fishing. Lady M. & self for long drive. 2 letters from Maud. Lovely day.

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Friday 14 September Queeny(?) arrived yesterday. Gentlemen to Brora for day, Lin bathed there! Lovely day sat out entire day. Breakfasted in bed. Mrs. Richards down for first time. Pauvre dame a l’air bien triste et malheureuse. No games evg. all too tired.

Saturday 15 September Sat out all day, read & worked. Letters fr. Maud & Midge. Jacobi evg.

Lovely warm day. Mr. Watney at home all day, gentlemen fishing & shooting. Mrs. Richards down to dinner.

Sunday 16 September Lovely day. Sat out all day. Down to 9.30 breakfast. Read Ld. Roberts’ proclomation on annexation of the Transvaal. Also triumphal march thro’ the sacred city Peking of allied troops. Read de Quincey’s essay on “Kant” also 3 Dreams by Olive Schreiner.

Monday 17 September Lovely day. Sat out all day, read.

Tuesday 18 September School treat. Wet morg, fine afternoon & lovely evg. Over 200 children came & about 60 grown people uninvited. Greatly enjoyed it. Match game evg. To bed early. Mr. Walsh left very early.

Wednesday 19 September Lovely morning. Sat in with Lady Frances working. Mr. & Lady Margaret out & Mrs. Richards alone. After luncheon were all going out & Mr. Mallott called. Mrs. R. & self to garden. Lin with shooters all day, Mr. Watney home. Paired with Lady M. at Jacobi evg.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Left Tressady at 11 o’c with Mr. & Mrs. Richardson who travelled with us as far as Kingussie, dined at Perth sent off Mr. Richards stray bag & left Perth at 10.30 v. late. Slept well. Saw Lord Portsmouth at Perth station.

Exquisite sunset as we passed through Killiekrankie lasting until late.

Friday 21 September Arrived home 10.5, train late. Saw Sir William Dolby at Euston also returned fr. north, his 3rd visit this year. Unpacked & repacked for Maud’s. Lovely day, warm & sunny.

Saturday 22 September Left by 2 train for Maud’s. Train v. late. Found Mr. & Mrs. Messel & Ottie at Glovers, & Evelyn Coward, much stouter. Lovely day. Mistake about carriage fetching Lennie. Lin came by later train & cycled from Reigate, only just in time for dinner.

Sunday 23 September To church with Maud, Lennie & Evelyn to see cottage after.

Monday 24 September Lin left early cycled to Reigate.

Tuesday 25 September Darling Maud & Evelyn up to London for day. Nana & self blackberrying.

Mr. Westheim came to dine & stay the night, pretty Dutchman. Match game & music.

Wednesday 26 September Lovely day. Blackberrying. Mr. Yonart to dinner & remain night. Kept Lennie up.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Lovely day. Mr. Yonart dined last night & slept here, left this morning. To Nymans for lunch, left at 4. Baby with us. Met Lennie at Three Bridges Sta. Ottie & Babies at Nymans.

Friday 28 September Lovely day. Drove with Maud & Eve & pd. call.

Saturday 29 September Great display presents & cake. Darling Maud gave me 2 silver frames with 2 of baby & 1 of herself. Broach fr. Lennie & Maud. 1 doz lace hand’s Maud & chain Eve, 6 doyleys. Nana bouquet roses. Lin who came for dinner cycled down fr. Reigate gave me diamonds for hair. Mr. & Mrs. Hohler & Mr. Heron for dinner.

Sunday 30 September To church morg. with Lennie, Maud & Evelyn. Mr. Falk common young man to luncheon, play tennis & dinner, slept night. Singing evening.

Monday 1 October Lin returned fr. Glovers by cycle to Reigate & train Vic. Lovely day. I returned to London by 4.41. Evelyn C. to Station in brougham with me.

Maud’s day at home. Mr. & Mrs Hohler called, left them with Maud.

Tuesday 2 October Lovely day. To see Edgar 11 o’c, 4 Prince’s St. Looks wonderfully well & 10 years younger. Out at luncheon to place Oxford St, dirty place rather.

Cab, om. Lunch 2/6. Quiet afternoon & evening.

Wednesday 3 October Lovely day. Lin off early to get studies! I walked morg. to Miss Dalrymple & Mrs. Bixley. Bank, new manager not as pleasant as Mr. Lemon. To Barkers 3 o’c, brougham Edgar’s, Mudies & Mecklinburg Sqre & Miss Dalrymple. Saw comon little maid fr. Mrs. M, dwarf.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Thursday 4 October Edgar & Sophy dine here 8 o’c. Out morg. shops. Poured after luncheon.

Saw common little maid fr. Miss D’s. Pleasant evg & interesting accounts of war. Mrs. Bixley’s litle girl Alice came for afternoon & evg. to help.

Friday 5 October To Miss D’s. To Swiss home afternoon, no, morning. Walked to see Emma Smith pm at Holland Villas Rd & called & had chat with Mrs. Fildes on way home. All her children away, 2 eldest College & rest school. Mr. & Mrs. F. leave for Paris & Venice Monday next, remain away 6 weeks.

Saturday 6 October Lovely day out morg. Drove at 4 to see Ethel & Mervyn, Norfolk Hotel.

Both v. well. Stayed some time. On to Edgar, 4 Princes St. Saw Sophy & E. Stayed some time. Lin hard at work & v. tired & cut his finger with electric fan.

Sunday 7 October Lovely morg. Sat in K. gardens much amused with people, hope they were as much with me. Lin busy photoing all day! Mervyn & Ethel & Mr. Galbraith called.

Monday 8 October Lin & self dine 8 o’c with Ethel & Mervyn at Dieu Donné. Little Bixley coming for week. Unable to come. Met Mr. & Mrs. Buckland & Mrs. Westmacot. Very pretty women both, latter cousin of Ethel’s. Glare in dining room but not bad dinner.

Tuesday 9 October Ethel & Mervyn dined with us & little Bixley came to help Mackay. Miss Muir Mackenzie, Grace Fraser & Mrs. Spofforth came afternoon. To stores morg, met Lady Hardman, Miss M. Mackenzie etc.

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Wednesday 10 October Darling Maud & Eve Coward to luncheon. I went & saw Maud off at Station 5 o’c, she came up to see dentist. Eve C. ret’d home. Darling Roy returned from Teignmouth & we dined alone. Mrs. Clark, char, here 1/2d.

Thursday 11 October Mrs. Clark here for day. Tilda coming, v. awkward with Roy home. Goes to Maud Saturday. Mrs. Clark here for day.

Friday 12 October Mrs. Clark, char, here today. Tilda & self to German place Baker St, & to Mrs. Mason’s. Darling M. came just after lunch. I drove her to Barker’s & Woollands & to Vic Sta. Hylda Messel met us & went to Glovers with Maud. Quiet evg. Roy v. amusing during & after dinner. Lin very busy all day.

Saturday 13 October Dear Roy to Glovers 2 o’c. Lin hard at work all day. Mrs. Clark, char, here all day. Tilda & self to Daly’s to see “San Toy”. V. good. Had large box opposite Mr. & Mrs. Willard. Young a’Beckett acquitted honorably. Quiet evening.

Sunday 14 October Walk with Tilda. Strange gusty cold day with heavy showers. Lin left at 2 o’c for Mr. Lawrence’s place, Norfolk, for one days shoot. Lin went in dog cart to Sta. Mackay out. Tilda & self cold supper Emma as Mackay out. Fanny Barker & Mary called.

Monday 15 October Lin returns late evg. To Mrs Welby. Lovely day. Mrs. Clark here ½ day.

Tilda & self supper. Lin arrived 10.30.

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Tuesday 16 October Out morg. carriage to stores. In all afternoon, read Pekin seige. No one called. Mrs. Clark here half day. Saw pro tem coming Monday & young housemaid Kelly coming Thursday. Lin hard at work all day.

Wednesday 17 October Mrs. Clark here ½ day. Emma out. Bird escaped morg, caught again.

Thursday 18 October Tilda & self 1.30 Garlants Hotel to lunch with Fanny Barker. Pouring rain.

After lunch went on to see Mrs. Grey about Frieda Mossler, engaged to take her fr. Monday fortnight, £18 a year. To tea at Mrs. Welby’s found her looking v. well & Baby v. wee. Saw Col. Welby before leaving. Roy returned fr. Glovers. X. Minnie Kelly housemaid came.

Friday 19 October Walked to Maud’s morg. Busy packing. Brought her back to lunch here.

She left in brougham at 2.30. Busy shops. Tilda & self at 3 o’c to call on Aunt Linda, out, Midge away & Agnews, Parishes etc. Read Lin evg.

Dined 8.20!

Saturday 20 October Lovely day. X. Ami in bed to breakfast. Up 12.30. In all day. Read Selon’s book on S. Africa to Lin. Lin to see Maud morg, leaves with Lennie & Ruth for 10 days visit to Paris. Roy dined with Mr. Davson & to Gaiety after. Home late, locked out.

Sunday 21 October Lovely day. In bed till 12.30. Evelyn came morg. Darling Baby to lunch & tea, seemed v. well. Lin & Roy for cycle ride.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Mackay leaves, came to me on 21st Nov last year, 11 months. Stop gap.

Kate Taylor came 11 o’c, dparted 4 o’c! Mackay staying on a few days.

Lin hard at work all day. Roy to tutor to read morning. Roy out after dinner to Palace.

Tuesday 23 October Tilda to Mrs. Mason’s for me. V. annoyed about K.T. Roy fund of news fr. last night & v. amusing. Invitation for Lin to shoot at Mr. Steinkopffs fr.

Friday till Monday. X. Saw Maria job parlourmaid 12/6 a week for fortnight & 1/- fare.

Wednesday 24 October Very vexed evening everything cold, no potatoes even done, only sardines, cold chicken, one cold sweet. E. & Minnie out although Mackay says not! She made an awful fuss over waiting & great noise.

Saw Frida.

Thursday 25 October Face ache. Went at 2.30 in brougham fetched Baby & Nurse F. & called on Gwyn & Evey. Only saw Evey & Miss Drew. To Nembhards, out, & home. Baby v. sweet & good. Felt v. seedy evg. X. Maria pro tem came for fortnight. Mackay left.

Friday 26 October Lady Armstrong 4 - 6. In bed all day, face v. swollen & painful & feverish.

Roy & Tilda to see “Julius Caesar”. Lin dined alone. Feel awfully bad.

Saturday 27 October In bed till tea time. Lin to Mr. Steincopff’s 7 o’c AM till Monday. Face v. painful & swollen.

Sunday 28 October V. seedy in bed till 2 o’c. Midge, Eve C. came & sat with me, both look well. Maisie Robertson called. Dora & Gwen F. to tea, D. looking 56

MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 extremely smart & handsome. Roy in to lunch & dinner. I dined in drawing room. Emma out.

Monday 29 October Alternate wet & fine. C.I.V. procession. Tilda, Emma & Minnie to see it.

Otley met Lin at Victoria Sta. & took him to Athenaeum Club. In bed to luncheon, still v. seedy & head bad. Darling Nonie called & left flowers.

Tuesday 30 October V. seedy in bed till 12.30. Mrs. Coward & Eve called. Roy getting very tiresome again. Gave him £6.10.0 but no better. Wish boys were as little worry as girls or Roy as manageable as darling Maud was.

Wednesday 31 October Tilda & self to dentist, tooth probed 10/- Felt little better after tho’ v. weak. Tilda out to luncheon. Roy & Lin to Nymans, 4 train. Mrs. & Marie Vaughan Morgan & Mrs. Godefroi called. Marie going to India tomorrow.

Minnie & Emma out.

Thursday 1 November Darling Baby here with Nurse Francis to lunch & tea. Tilda out to lunch.

Linley returning from Nymans shoot. Felt too seedy to go out. Very warm no fire needed, showers. Lady came after Mackay’s character, seemed disinclined to take her. Down to breakfast.

Friday 2 November Lady Armstrong 4- 6. Out morg. shops & to Bank about Christiana Bond.

Tilda & self at 3 to Barkers, Liberty, Bazaar, & to tea darling Nonie. Dined 9 o’c. Read. Deux lettres de la fille Allemande qui vient Lundi, l’autre me dit qu’elle aimera de rester.

Saturday 3 November Tilda left early for Park. Lin & self lunched at Rules, dreadful indigestion after, stout!!! Gwen & Eve Fletcher & governess Miss Drew met us at 57

MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Drury Lane after, “Price of Peace”. V. stupid sensational piece. Quiet evg. alone Lin & self. Double acrostic fr. Mr. Richards.

Sunday 4 November Lin to Calais. Dora to luncheon. Dull dark dreary day. Eve C. went for long walk with me. D. to lunch, left at 4. Mr. Bret Harte came looks v. seedy & much older. Also suffered fr. toothache like self!

Monday 5 November Roy returns fr. Maud’s with Lennie & Maud. X. German maid Frida Mossler comes. Roy arrived afternoon. To Whiteleys morg.

Tuesday 6 November Lennie & Maud dine here & Mr. Douglas. Evelyn & Mrs. Gill called. To stores morning. Lennie looking very seedy indeed, neuralgia. Mr. D. full of stories as usual.

Wednesday 7 November Out morg. to pay £4.12.0 to Wellers & to see dress at Russell & Allen’s.

Maudie, Evelyn, Gilly & Roy to luncheon. Lin out. Maria out evg. & afternoon. Gilly & I drove at 3.30 to call Lady Bergne & Mrs. Perugini, in.

Mrs. Abbott, Mrs. Stannard. Gilly left after tea. Roy v. trying at night.

Thursday 8 November Mr. Earle Douglas 9.30. Walked to Maud’s & brought her back to luncheon & drove at 3 with her to Barkers, C. Hartree’s, Kate Riley’s prices!!! Home. M. & L. dining at Miss Manisty’s. Lin & Roy dining at Ayala’s, to Mr. D’s after, crush. X. Maria Bugley left today would have liked to have stayed, is going to Maud as housemaid Monday next at £24. Pd. her £1.7.0 for fortnight.

Friday 9 November Lady Armstrong 4 - 6. To Bond Street morg, omnibus. Mr. Hartree called.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 leave Baby, Gloucester Ter. To Lady Armstrong. Met Mrs. G.A, Lady Pontifex, Mrs. Walkes, Left purse in Maud’s carriage thro changing into ours. Found it in drawer! X. Pd. £10 to Glyn & Co for 1st instal. of 10 £10 shrs in B.A. Gt. Southern Pref at £2 prem.

Saturday 10 November Maggie Henderson’s marriage. Out morg. did flowers, v. tired. To M.H’s wedding with Lin, church lined with Life Guards. Sat with Lady Hardman, Judge Bacon, Maud who met us there. On to house, v. crowded. Many pretty women. Parish, Lola, Snagg, Mayne, etc, etc.

Maud looked sweetly pretty. Roy dined at Mrs. Messel’s with Lennie & M, Cap. Meicklejohn, Hylda. To “San Toy” after. Lin & self to Alexanders, huge box. “A Debt of Honour” v. improper. Judge Bacon with us.

Sunday 11 November Much colder. Nonie came whilst we were at breakfast. Maud & Evelyn came after early service. Maud & Roy off to park. Lin, Eve & self after.

Walked to Stanhope Gate, met darling M. & Roy & Mr. Trower. Len, M, Roy, Capt Meiklejohn & Hylda to lunch “Princes”. Maud & Lennie dine here. Eve lunched here. Lin out.

Monday 12 November Out morg. to Miss Phillips about grey bodice. Saw Jessie Harding there.

To Maud’s, Baby too sweet can walk alone. Quiet evg. Roy in odd humour, debts, bills & general indiscretions spoiling his better nature.

Tuesday 13 November Out 11 o’c Countess of Warwick ordered 2 blouses & grey satin evg. bodice altered. Flowers. Darling Nonie came & brought some, was out to Whiteleys. Maud & Lennie dined here. To see Mrs. Clark char. Mrs. Brooks & Archdeacon & May, Mrs. Wheen & 2 dau. called only.

Wednesday 14 November

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Lady Bergne’s dinner unable to go unfortunately. Private View New Gallery miniatures. Walked to Maud’s morg. To Miss Phillips in 2 penny tube, home late in om. Lunched dressed & to New Gallery Private View.

Met Maud & Gillie there. Saw H. Roller, Sladen, Katie Gielgud, Allans, Mrs. Orchardson, Heinemanns etc etc.

Thursday 15 November Darling Maud & Baby came afternoon, out. Went to Midge’s to sew.

Friday 16 November Mrs. Neely came to tea, leaves tomorrow for New Zealand.

Saturday 17 Nivember Lin & self to Mrs. Galbraith’s for week. Invitation to dine at Sir D. Hartland’s to meet the Archbishop of York. Left by 10 AM train Euston, arrived 6.15 Terregles. House party 12. Mr. & Mrs. Timms, Mr. Clarke, Miss Brown, Miss Cristol, Mr. Tebbie (Peddie), Mr. & Mrs. Maxwell.

Friends extra to dinner.

Sunday 18 November Breakfast in bed, & Ami! Walked to see horses after lunch. Lovely day, warm.

Monday 19 November Mrs. Galbraith’s wedding day , party of 20 to dinner. Sir H. & Mr. A, Miss Oldham, Miss Jardine, Mr. & Mrs. Douglas etc. In bed to breakfast. All party with shooters for lunch except Mrs. Timms & self. Mrs. Ferguson to tea with her little boy & Mrs. Maxwell’s little girl.

Tuesday 20 November In bed breakfast. Home Pk. shooting. All out to luncheon except self. Mr. & Mrs. Patterson to dinner. Mr. & Mrs. Patterson to dinner, v. pretty woman.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Wednesday 21 November Mrs. Henry Hankey’s 4 - 6.30. Went to Hockey tea Dumfries, Mrs. Maxwell’s party. Met Mr. & Mrs. Douglas, Patterson, Lady Jardine & dau, Mr. Dixie fiancé! V. pleasant afternoon.

Thursday 22 November To tea at Newon Aird, Mrs. Douglas. Lovely drive there in landau. Mrs. G, Miss Brown, Mrs. Maxwell, Miss Cristol & self. Lin left at 10 o’c after dinner by night mail. Mr. & Mrs. Timms left morg.

Friday 23 November Walked morg. Mr. Galbraith left for York at 2.30. Little hen party evg.

Miss Cristol, Miss Brown, governess, Mrs. G. & self. In & packed afternoon.

Saturday 24 November Mrs. Sutton 4 - 7. I returned alone fr. Terregles. No game, flowers.

Travelled in same carriage with Mrs. Galbraith Snr & Miss Wallace fr.

Carlisle. V. pleasant visit. Lin & self cosy dinner alone 8.15.

Sunday 25 November Sandringham Club 9.30. Walked with Eve C. who lunched here. Left after. Lin to Calais home 8.30. Maud Lennie & Roy dined here. Mr. Bret Harte, Mr. Paxton, Mr. Molesworth called. Fine day.

Monday 26 November Fine. X. Pd £2 Glyn Mills Currie on 6 allotted £10 shares in B.A. Gt. Southern 5% Pref, making £12 pd. To call on foot Mrs. K. Graham. To see “Herod” big box “Her Majesty’s”. Duchess of York & Prince Adolph of Teck sat ops. interesting play. Maud Jeffries bad, Tree v. good.

Lennie, Maud & Roy met us there & Roy returned at night with us.

Tuesday 27 November

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 To stores morg. Cream, sausages, sponge cakes, breakfast dish.

Flowers. Lady Bergne, Dora & Miss King, Mabel Wallace, Maud & Nonie darling, Mrs. Graham, Blanche Cole called & Mrs. Jackson 2 dau & Col. & Désirée Welby. Daisie Robertson with me part way morning. Quiet evg Lin Roy & self.

Wednesday 28 November Pouring wet morg. Roy to City, & dines with Maud 7 o’c. Going to “San Toy” with them. Called & saw Con in bed at Midge’s, & on to darling M, saw her & Baby, not v. well with his teeth but v. sweet & pretty. Dined alone. Personne sortie entre les filles.

Thursday 29 November Mrs Macmillan 22 Devonshire Place 4 - 7. Lin v. woried, work all altered.

Con & Dora come to our box at Savoy, “Patience”, Lin, Roy & self. Maud & Lennie dining out. In all day, cleaned silver morning. Darling Maud came & brought me flowers (lilies) looking so pretty in her blue & moleskins.

Friday 30 November Called & saw Maud & Baby. Dined at 9.30.

Saturday 1 December Mrs. Heron Allen 4 - 7. Mr. & Mrs. Galbraith to dine with us, Mr. & Mrs. Rooth & Maud & Lennie. Roy dined Midge’s. Mrs. Lovern here morg 1/6 for drawing room. Mrs. Frampton to help Emma 2/6. Morris to wait 7/6. V. tired shop. & doing flowers. Pleasant dinner.

Sunday 2 December Packed morg. Rested afternoon. Quiet dinner alone Lin Roy & self.

Spencer & 2 children came at luncheon time.

Monday 3 December

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Lin & self to Mrs. Johnson Ferguson’s. Great crowd at Carlisle going north. Started Staf. Ter. 9.30, reached Springkell 7.45. House party, Lady Roxburgh, Mr. & Mrs. Ainsworth Mr. & Mrs. Willis, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. & Mrs. Steel, young J.F. & one other, 12. Another bedroom, prefer it to last huge one.

Tuesday 4 December Out morning. Gentlemen good days sport.

Wednesday 5 December In all morg. Out afternoon. Frantic games! Lin left by 10 train for town, Punch dinner. To dinner, returned Springkell. Abominable Burnand not stops him going neither Sir John Tenniel nor Burnand there.

Thursday 6 December Lin arrived at 7.30 v. tired. Feel enraged Burnand did not wire him.

Shameful. Lin out shooting all day. Left for London again after dinner.

Friday 7 December Left by 10 o’c train. Young J-Ferguson with me to Carlisle. Talked away brilliantly, much nicer away from his people. Had a hurried luncheon at Station. Visited Little’s shop & great scramble for place. 3 other ladies all going, 2 Australian girls who interested me, 2 spitz dogs. Found Lin less tired than I expected.

Saturday 8 December Miss Chapman 4 - 7. To stores morg for bacon, cheese, brawn. Fruit Barkers. Called Maud, looking v. well. Quiet evening alone with Lin seems well & in good spirits but fear he must be v. tired.

Sunday 9 December In all morg. Lin & self alone to luncheon. Mr. Galbraith called. Lennie, Maud and Roy, Owen Seaman & Mr. Johnson to dinner. Lin hard at work all day.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Monday 10 December Daisie Robertson coming to stay. Dear Roy returns to sleep

Tuesday 11 December (blank)

Wednesday 12 December Mrs. Edward Reed’s 4 - 7, 17 Fitz George Avenue, Kensington. To Nash’s about bell and windows, Bank for loan of £300 at 4%, stores & darling Maud’s. Maud to lunch out & fetched Daisie R. & self to Mrs. Reed’s, & Russell & Allen’s & tea at Mrs. R’s Bond St.

Thursday 13 December Pay Messrs Messel £284.3.6 for 25 Waihi Gold, pd. shares 11¼ fee & stamp. To stores & bought little cow. Baby better, saw Ottie & Miss Elkin there uncouth. Mr. Robertson to luncheon. Daisie to Hippodrome evg. with her brother. Lin, Roy & self alone.

Friday 14 December To stores morg. Daisy & self in om. to Regent Circus, walked down Regent St. Bought centrepiece 3/6. To Buzzard. Gillie here to luncheon.

At 3.30 to stores for bacon 4/6. Left cards Mrs. Lucy. To Effie Weigal, saw her, Mrs. Galbraith, in & Mrs. B. Partridge, out. Quiet evg. Maud & Lennie dined at Midge’s.

Saturday 15 December Mrs. Young Hunter, 5 Edwardes Sqre, 4 - 7. Out morg. shop’g. To see “San Toy” big box with Daisie Robertson matinée. Dora & Midge called morning, looking v. handsome. Lin hard at work. Roy to Glovers with Lennie & Maud. X. Ami.

Sunday 16 December

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Mrs. Geilgud, 36 Earls C. Sqre, 4 - 6. Unable to go, in bed till 12.30.

Daisie to Maud’s, saw Baby, better, & Midge’s. Off again after luncheon on the ramp! Mr. Lemon & Mr. Douglas called. Quiet evg.

Monday 17 December To French dressmaker & Bumpus about Maud’s prayer book & 2 books “Lambs Essays” for Roy to give Maud. Roy dined out & home late after training. Daisie, Lin & self dined alone. Quiet evg. & bed early. Emma out.

Tuesday 18 December In bed till 12.30. Con called saw me morg. Mrs. & Miss Phillips, Mrs. Finlay, Evelyn Coward, Mrs. Partridge called. Daisie B. left morg. Roy to dance with Clara Bergheim, dull affair. Lennie, Maud & Dora to dinner.

Maud & Lennie gave me lovely pendant & little pearl chain for Xmas.

Wednesday 19 December Lovely day. Tea Lady Roxburgh, & be fitted French dressmakers. Lin & Roy dine at Maud’s. I went to Lady Roxburgh, introduced to Mrs. Clausten her sister, v. clever woman. Met Lady & Mr. Justice Day & Lady Primrose. Had supper drawing room & to bed early.

Thursday 20 December To Maud’s, out, stores, & Gorringes, out of the lampshades I want.

Darling Maud came late stayed ½ an hour, looks v. well. Brought Lin Peerage. Lennie & M. gave me lovely little old pendant & chain of seed pearls. Minnie out, bad tooth.

Friday 21 December Lovely day. Up to breakfast, did flowers darling M. brought me yesterday. Otley with Roy’s luggage in cart & Maud’s, all going to Nymans today. I walked & did shops in Kensington. Lin hard at work.

Did up presents.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Saturday 22 December Shop’g morg. Drove & saw Midge. Tabbie left yesterday. Sweets 1/-, flowers 1/-. Lin worked all day.

Sunday 23 December Mr. Blair & Fritz called, stayed long while. Mr. Blair’s brother was at college with Fritz who mistook him for his brother! Good talk like old times. Fritz says he is well, looks seedy. Lin hard at work.

Monday 24 December Shopped in Kensington morning. Dirty muddy day. Lin & self to dress rehearsal of pantomime. V. funny & amusing, enjoyed it. Sat next to Mr. Knight.

Tuesday 25 December In all day. Sweet letter from my darling Maud. Lovely lace veil from little Nonie by post & card! Mervyn & Ethel to luncheon off Lennie’s fine turkey a perfect beauty. Pleasant little evg. Midge’s, only Mervyns there besides ourselves.

Wednesday 26 December Lovely day. In entire day busy sorting. Lin hard at work. No one called.

Frieda out afternoon & evg. Dined 8.30.

Thursday 27 December Lovely day, warm, no, rained. In all morning. At 3 o’c to Whiteleys, changed books Mudie’s, left cards Mr. Peter Reid & Mr. Bret Harte. Roy returned, is remaining 2 nights. Lin v. hard at work all day v. late dinner 8.30. Lin’s fire won’t burn.

Friday 28 December X. Wet & gale, blew lead off front window. Fire choked up dust in Lin’s room. Paid to Glyn Mills Currie £60 for my 6 allotted £10 pref 5% shrs B.A. Gt. Southern Rly at £12 a share issued.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Saturday 29 December Woman here cleaning morg. Roy at Nymans. Lin busy putting things in order.

Sunday 30 December Mr. Blair & Dora due here 8 o’c. V. pleasant evg. Lin to Calais. Mr. Bret Harte came. Evelyn came & lunched & stayed to tea. Wretched day.

Monday 31 December Pay £60.0.0 on last call of 6 allotted shares of £10 each at 2 prem in B.A.Gt. Southern Rly 5% pref. Mrs. Walter Crane & Mrs. Jeffree 9 - 2!

Received from Trust 1900 £ s d Jany

Cent. Uraguay

24. 3. 4

Argentine G. Western 19. 6. 8 Local Loans Feb

Gt. Western Brazil

29. 0. 0

Peebles

23.18. 6

March Cordoba & Rosario April

Local Loans

17. 0

Illinois Cent

19. 7. 5

Canadian Pacific Lehigh Valley

July

23.15. 0 21.15.11 19. 3. 4

Cent. Uraguay

23.19. 2

Peebles Brit & N. Atlantic Local Loans Sep

£160.19.11

Argntine Gt. Western

August Gt.Western Brazil

Oct

19. 6. 8

Brit. N. Atlantic ship’g 24. 3. 4

To June 1st

June

17. 0

Cordoba & Rosario

28.15. 0 23.14. 5 23.15. 0 17. 0 19. 1. 3 67

MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Oct

Illinois Central

19.10. 4

Dec

Canadian Pacific

23.15. 0

Lehigh Valley

21.18. 1 £ 412. 9. 5

Received from Private Money 1900

Balance in hand from 1899 Jany

104.12. 8 B.A. Pacific B.A. Rosario

1.18. 8

B.A.Western

4. 7. 5

Cordoba Cent.

B.A.Pacific Wirral Feby

5. 5

Hull & Barnsley

1.18. 8 3. 6 1.18. 7 5.16. 0

Harrods

16. 4

B.A.Pacific

13. 6

G. Eastern Rly

2.10. 9

Midland

8. 6. 5

Furness

1.18. 8

April Glas. S.Western

2.17.10

Benifice B.A.Trains 3.10. 5 B.A.Rosario

3. 0. 0

B.A.Pacific

13.6

B.A. Gt. Southern 24. 6. 6 Coupé City B.A. Trams May

Barker Cent Argt.

To present date Less

2. 9. 3 19. 4 1.10 9.12. 6

£ 182.16. 9 104.12. 8 68

MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Leaves

78.4 . 1

Private account £ 253. 5. 5 104.12. 8 last year’s balance

less

£ 158.13. 9

Private income forward

£ s

d

182.16. 9 less

July

£104.12. 8 from balance of 1899

B. Ayres Pacific

5. 4

Ditto

2. 5

Wirral Rly B.A. Rosario

August Hull Barnsley

July

1.18. 8 1.18. 4 1.18. 4

Furness

1.13. 7

Harrods

3. 4

B.A. Western

4. 6. 8

Cordoba Central

1.18. 4

Pacific August Christiana Gt. Eastern

13. 5 1. 5. 4 19. 2

Midland

6.15. 5

Sep

Glasgow S.W.

2.14. 2

Oct

B.A. Trams

19.10

Rosario

1.10. 0

Cent Argt

7. 7. 6

B.A. Gt. Southern

24. 5. 7

Pacific ditto 19 Dec on 25 Waihi shrs Harrods Coupé

6.11 13. 5 3. 2. 6 3. 4 2. 8. 6 69

MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Barker

8

Coupé

3. 0. 5 £ 252. 5. 5

less

£ 104.12. 8 fr. last years balance

leaves

155.13. 4

Received 1895

£ 282.16. 9

Spent on dress

£ 75.19. 0

Invested

195. 6. 0

Balance from 1894

£ 42. 2. 6

1896 Balance fr. 1895

£ 57.14. 3

Invested Coupé London pref

85. 0. 0

ditto Ordinary 90. 0. 0 5 ordinary Harrods £1 at 5 % 30.12. 6 Total Invested

£ 205.12. 6

1897 Balance fr. 1896

£ 100. 4. 4

Invested during year with stamps & com.

£ 328.18. 9

Received from Private money

£ 111.12. 5

from Trust

£ 388. 7.10

Total received

£ 500. 0. 0

Spent on dress etc

£ 168.17. 3

1898 Balance fr. 1897

£ 102. 8. 4

Sold Chathams for £ 251.16. 3.

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MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Bought £ 400 Midland def at 92½ cost with stamp & com. 372.10. 4 Also £ 100 Mid. Pref. at 84¼ with com. £ 85.11. 0.

Deduct profit fr. sale of Chathams Invested £ 205. 0. 0 Rec’d fr. Trust money £ 418.13. 4 Private ditto

154. 5. 2

Total received counting profit on Chathams £ 572.18. 6

1899 Balance fr. 1898 £ 106. 2. 8 March put on deposit Whiteleys 3% May

ditto

£ 150. 0. 0 50. 0. 0

26 May allotted £ 12 Mid. Def. at & 12 Mid. Pref at total

£ 10. 4. 0 £ 9. 6. 0 £ 19.10. 0

Sept. Bought £ 400 Hull & Barnsley at 55 & £ 100 Furness at 91 ½ with com etc cost

£ 314. 1. 0

Forward fr. 1899 Total invested

£ 333.11. 0

& paid £ 5 Nov 14th 1st call of 5 shares allotted at par in Cent Argentina £ 5 shares £ 5. 0. 0 Pd. 19th Nov. call of £ 2 on City of Buenos Ayres Trams Total invested during year 1899

£ 2. 0. 0 £ 340.11. 0

1899 Received fr. Trust

£ 415.13.11

Received fr. Private

£ 133. 8. 5

Including £ 11 profits on sale of £ 200 Whiteley debs 71

MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 Total £ 549. 2. 4

Invested during 1900 March £ 100 ordinary stock allotted in Gt Eastern Rly at

£ 108. 0 .0

£ 100 4% City of Christiana loan of 1990 at

£ 97

Allotted 5 £5 shares in Central Argentine Railway April at par

£ 25

11th July Chinese chartered at

£ 98. 2. 6

£100 at 98 6% No 1155 Nov 9th 1st instal. on 10 £10 shre pref of B.A. Gt Southern

£ 10. 0. 0

Nov. 26th on same

2. 0. 0

Dec 30th on 6 allotted B.A. Gt. Southern 5% pref at £2 prem per share of £10. 0. 0

60.

Dec 18th on 25 Waihi gold shrs at 11¼ with com, stamp! borrowed for this at 4% fr. Bank

284. 3. 6 £ 684. 6. 0

Received during 1900 from Trust ac’t

£ 412. 9. 0

from Private Total

155.13. 4 £ 568. 2. 9

Made nothing extra this year.

Invested 1900 £100 ord. stock Gt. Eastern at £108 allotted Christiana loan 1900

108. 0. 0 97. 0. 0 72

MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1900 5 £5 allotted Cent Argentine shares Chinese 6% / 95 at 98

25. 0. 0 98. 2. 6

10 £10 allotted 5% pref shrs B.A. Gt. Southern at £12 each Total

70. 0. 0 398. 2. 6

Borrowed £ 300 fr. London County Bank at 4% Dec 1900 Bought 25 Waihi at 11¼ with com. etc 284. 3. 6

Stories Rat from Paardeburg, “There was a young man of Nepal Who had no sense of humour at all He wished just for fun To become a plum bun And the dog ate him up in the hall.”

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