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[wrotetheaboveoftoday]

1825 Friday 23 September

In which Anne and Mariana have a sweet conversation, before parting as their trip to Buxton comes to an end

10 10/60 11 3/4 Q On getting into bed last night tried [Pi - Mariana] for a kiss but she was quite dry. Told her of it she said I had set her wrong by being so queer while we were out. I said no more made no further attempt and we soon fell asleep. Awoke at two o’clock a little play and two good kisses at once. She tried she told me afterwards to put the ring on but she could not and I was asleep and did not feel her. Awoke again at seven and then had three good ones all at once and she put the ring on and I promised not to take it off till Christmas. I may change my mind when I please. She will let me off whenever I like and when I wish it I am merely to send her back the ring and she will understand me and give me no further trouble. She has sseveral times at Buxton said she would then see me no more and should soon fret herself to death.

We fell asleep again and slept till nine then talked of one thing or other. Recurred to my feelings yesterday explained etc. etc.  At last she said that she had only thought yesterday how changed were her feelings now she cared nothing about my pelisse and had oftten thought how foolish she was at Scarbro’ but it was our peculiar situation that made her care so much. She could not bear to have our connection known or suspected and conscience made her cowardly. She shrank from having the thing surmised now but declared that if we were once fairly together she should not care about it, I might tell our connection to all the world if I pleased. I asked if she was ssure this was really the case or she only said so to please me. ‘Ah’, said she ‘do not doubt me, I could not say so if I did not feel it’ and then gave me her word and honour of its truth. Then said I ‘[Pi - Mariana] I am satisfied and perhaps you have hit upon the only means that could have made me so for I am so now but I was not before and I know not when I could have been. Scarbro and Blackstone Edge will now be as nothing, I will take care to keep all quiet while circumstances are as they are and I am and shall be satisfied.

But would you follow me, [Pi - Mariana], even to jail?’  ‘Yes, that I would’. I said she could not have been so devoted before she married, it was this want of devotion I had always felt so deeply. ‘You are right’, said she, ‘I could not then be so devoted, I neither knew myself, nor you, nor the world well enough. But I know the world better and can appreciate you better now.’ I laughed and said perhaps I should try her one of these days as the duke tries his wife in the honeymoon. Then joked and asked if she woul be the nut brown maid. No, she would have no rival.

I said I could name who had once promised me this and set her to guess. She named Tib and Miss V [Vallance]. I said it was her sister Anne. She asked anxiously if I had really gone the utmost length and asked for my honour that I had not. I gave it, could I do otherwise? But owned I had done all but absolutely kiss had gone as far as possible

M- [Mariana] went in to breakfast at 10 50/60, and I at 10 55/60 - my aunt and Cordingley off in a hack chaise at 11 ¾ - M- [Mariana] and I off at 12 - said I would not allow her to pay anything. She had come not only to have the last of me but because she thought it would be better than for my aunt to leave Buxton in a hack I saw thro’ all this quite well and tho my aunt should fancy she paid her third of the bill yet I was determined to pay that part of it myself. [Pi - Mariana] made no great opposition, was it simply because she knew me well enough to be sure it would be in vain?

Drove to Rochdale in exactly 2 hours - not having writing materials with me, threw myself on a sofa at the Wellington, and dozed till 3 1/4 - then made a few pencil notes, settled with George for turnpikes etc. and off from Rochdale at 3 35/60 - drove gently - got out at the 3rd post from the bottom of the hill, and then walked (25 mins) to the public house at the top of Blackstone edge, stopt 5 minutes for Caradoc to have a little oatmeal and water (How different my feelings this time on Blackstone from the last!). Stopt a minute or 2 in H-x [Halifax] (to ask if Whitley had anything for me and to get 2 oz saltpetre for Caradoc) and got out at Shibden at 7 1/2 - my uncle looking well - my aunt in good spirits.

Dinner at 7 55/60 - my aunt a little sickish and went to bed about 9 - I came upstairs at 9 ½ - could not resist unpacking my books from Paris - on seeing the purse sliders and map of the environs of Paris Mrs. B- [Barlow] has given me, and on seeing the buckle she has chosen, my heart misgave me - about ten Cordingley came and curled my hair - stood musing - peeped into some of my books - Vol. 1. Nouvelle Héloise - Mrs. B- [Barlow] had read it - on parting with M- [Mariana] this morning I congratulated myself on being in the gig and having to drive - this in some degree occupied my attention, and what was spared I could employ undisturbed in musing as my mind loved best - I could have sat up all night, but hastened into bed that I might not be up beyond 12 - I have made a rule always to be in bed before this hour to rise earlier than I have done these 3 months past, and to try to make the best of my time - I have much to learn to make up for time lost - without some intellectual superiority over the common mass of those I meet with what am I? pejùs quam nihil

Very fine day - E.O.. - [Pi - Mariana] said she had been bad for the last two or three days very hot and itchy when she left me  I have been bad too these last few days put on tallow candle just before getting into bed tonight  Felt a little sore  Not having used the syringe so much of late may have made me worse (In Margin:) In passing Rippondon turnpike yesterday had the gig weighed myself and George in it, the whole weight was 9 1/4 cwt. M- [Mariana] had told us the phaeton of itself weighed only 7 cwt. and the traveling chaise only 14 cwt -

[misslisterkeepsajournal]

1826 Friday 26 May

9 1/2

12 5/60

One long and good one last night and two this morning -

Breakfast at 10 - Had horses for the day from Miss Jenkinson - M- [Mariana] and I off in her carriage to make my aunt’s and my TTL [to take leave] calls - M- [Mariana] and I 25 minutes at Cliffhill - she remained in the carriage while I called at Crownest and sat 1/4 hour with the 2 Miss Walkers - thence to Butter’s shop and Mr Parker’s office where I was 20 minutes and thence Stony Royde - left M- [Mariana] in the carriage - sat 20 minutes with Mrs Rawson - then called (not at home left a card) at Mrs Catherine Rawson’s, the Miss Ralphs’, and Mr Christopher Saltmarshe’s - Left M- [Mariana] and admitted at Mr Briggs’s (the banker’s) where I sat 1/4 hour with Mrs Briggs very civil - and at Mrs William Rawsons, and Mr Waterhouses, at place saw the master and mistress and sat 1/4 hour - Mr Waterhouse will come and dine with us at 6, next Tuesday week - From Wellhead to Pyenest - the Edwards at dinner - did not alight - wished them goodbye at the door - thence to Haugh end - got there at 3 20/60, and staid till 5 1/4 - Sent George to the postboy and the horses to dine at the Inn at Sowerby bridge, and M- [Mariana] and I had sandwiches all the Ps [Priestley’s] could give us it was short commons with them it seemed but they were very hospitable and civil - In passing, I got out and called for 1/4 hour at Mill house - Mrs William Henry Rawson in trouble at having Mrs Catherine Rawson taken ill in the house - from Mill house to Kebroyde - M- [Mariana], too, got out of the carriage here - Mrs Priestley all civility - asked us to tea - we staid near an hour, and were much the better for her good bread and butter etc thence up Rippondon bank, thro’ Browbridge bar (a fine drive of above 6 miles) the upper road, and all thro’ Elland, to Whitwell place got there at 8 5/60 - Mrs Veitch ready for us - took her up, and brought her to Shibden (arrived at 9 5/60) to stay till Tuesday -

M- [Mariana] and I removed some of our things into my uncle’s room Mrs Veitch being to sleep in the blue room - tea and coffee at 9 3/4 - Went up to bed about 11 1/2 - Mr Edwards had told me this morning Mrs Lees had given the idea of taking the land at Northgate - Note this evening sent up by Mr Parker (which he himself had received from Mr Edwards) to the same purport - Had told Mr Parker I heard Thomas Greenwood had taken possession of the fields - wished to know how this was, and to have a proper agreement made etc etc. Very fine, cool, pleasant day - could not have had a better for our purpose - a little misty rain over Rippondon bank, and the evening not clear among the hills - but M- [Mariana] and I had had a pleasant day to ourselves in the carriage, but felt tired at night, and glad all these calls were over - everybody very  civil, and inquiring very anxiously about my aunt - O. -

Reference: SH:7/ML/E/9/0103

[skgway]

1824 Mar., Wed. 17

6 20/60

11 20/60

Gave Hotspur oatmeal and water. From 7 3/4 to 8 1/2, wrote out from page 176 to 181 volume 2 Anacharsis then in 1/2 hour translated chapters 66, 67, libro ii Thucydides – Then left the drawing room came upstairs and wrote the last 4 lines – 

Went out at 9 1/2 – Jackman and both his sons and the gardener here – Only Mark absent, sowing oats at Yew Trees – Staid an hour and sat down to breakfast at 10 1/2 – 

At 11 10/60, set off in the gig – Drove my aunt to Rippondon and got back again at 2 10/60 – As we went, got the 1st number (price 10 /. [shillings], of the Zoological journal just arrived at Whitley’s –

Sat a little while with I[sabella] N[orcliffe] – She caught cold probably on Monday. It came on last night and she did not get up till just before dinner – My aunt and I went out about 2 1/2 and staid out with the workmen till 4 5/60 –Jackman began raising the lower wall of the new road 2 foot above the present embankment – Pulling down the wall alongside our little lane –

Dressed etc. and sat down to dinner at 4 1/2 – Went upstairs at 6 10/60 – A little while with I[sabella] N[orcliffe] – who went to bed at 8. From 6 40/60 to 8, wrote out chapters 56, 57 libro 2 Thucydides and read the 1st 1/2 dozen pages of the Zoological journal – 

Came down to coffee at 8 5/60 – Did nothing afterwards but wrote the last 8 1/2 lines – Fine, soft, spring-like morning till 10 or 11, then turned out a very fine, pleasant day – Barometer 2 1/2 degrees above changeable Fahrenheit 47º at 9 50/60 p.m. At which hour, went up to bed – 

E [three dots] O [no dots] – Morning noon and night one syringe each time of plain cold water – For 20 minutes, just before getting into bed, reading from page 7 to 18 no number Zoological journal. Behindhand 20 pages Anacharsis vide Monday –

The Zoological journalby Sowerby, James de Carle, 1787-1871

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[misslisterkeepsajournal]

1822 Thursday 11 July

4 1/4

11

Breakfasted very comfortably, and my aunt and I off in the gig on our way to Manchester at 6 1/2 - 3 20/60 hour coming from Shibden here, Old Thame, 13 1/4 miles from Halifax (Cary’s Itinerary 7th Edition 1817 page 759) the roads very heavy and bad in consequence of a very great deal of rain which, they say, has been falling almost incessantly the last 2 or 3 days - we ought to have stopt at the Junction Inn, at the foot of the hill near a mile from here - It looks a comfortable Inn enough, but this has a very shabby appearance, and my aunt says it is quite changed since she was here - the drive for a couple of miles from Rippondon is fine - the rest quiet moor scenery - the brook, or as it is called the river Thame in a shallow stream tumbles over a broken stony bed at the foot of the road most of the way from Rippondon fed by several little trickling currents from the hills above - a few very poor sheep browsing up and down, and running under the little bits of shelter that offered - the clouds very dark - there must have been heavyish rain on or very near the Rochdale road on our right, and also to our left, we were hemmed in on all sides, yet escaped without a drop - 

Manchester 3 1/2 - Got here from Old Thame (11 3/4 miles according to Cary) in exactly 1 3/4 hour - Percy brought us very well - But a stupidish lounge at Old Thame, and got off in 2 hours that we reached here at 1 35/60 by the Manchester clocks - We had scarcely got into the gig before it began to rain a little, and continued more or less till about 3 miles from here - we had the top put up in time and did not get at all wet, tho’ the rain met us almost directly - Oldham seems a mile or 2 long, full of smoke and business, and consisting principally of one long street brick-buil and pretty good - the street and the road all the way a sort of bowlderstone pavement very slippery and bad for horses’ feet the pavement forms a sort of raised chansée in the middle of the road which is fortunately pretty wide, or the numerous heavy coal carts, slow at turning out of the way, would have annoyed us exceedingly - The church made no great appearance - I scarcely noticed the beginning or end of Collyhurst - it seems a sort of plebian suburb to Manchester - we closely followed for the last couple of miles (for the better finding our way here to the Bridgewater arms High Street) the Cornwallis heavy coach from Leeds driving to the Palace Inn which made us come rather quicker latterly than we should otherwise have done - Thick masses of black smoke and long brick chimnies, of which Oldham has a proportionate share, on all sides announce the approach to this mother of the cotton trade - one may also mention the quantity of poplar plantations as a characteristic badge of the place - these trees are planted in great abundance all around the outskirts of the town -

We meant to have walked out before dinner to see the old church, Castlefield, etc but the rain seemed so set in for the afternoon and evening that we have made ourselves comfortable for dinner at 5, and mean to go to bed very early that we may be off at 5 in the morning - We immediately sent for the coach maker Mr Lacy employs, and, at his (Mr Lacy’s) recommendation, are going to have the new front springs on a different principle, which will raise the gig 1 or 1 1/2 inch to which, on the plea of the spring-leathers being likely to last longer and be safer, my aunt at once consented - The hack-horse has carried George very well - for this and for his new riding coat and waistcoat he had to wait last night at Halifax, and did not get back till more than 10 1/2 - ‘Tis now 4 1/4 it rains incessantly, and I am 1/2 asleep - shall do nothing more till dinner and pretty soon afterwards go to bed, having had scarce 3 hours rest last night, nad scarcely more sleep the night before -

Dinner at 5 1/4 - 2 very nice soals, veal-cutlets, potatos, peas, tarts and cheese - we did not leave more than a glass of our pint of port, and then dozed for about an hour till 7 1/4 - then paid our bill etc and went to the coach maker’s (James Campbell’s) to see the gig - It is a good job - “new fore bar and 2 new screwed clips 10/6. to a new pair of carriage springs and fixing on 4 new shackles and 4 new bolts to Ditto and two new eyes to the fore braces 8 inches long each - painting picking out and varnishing the springs and bar 1.7.6″ -

Came upstairs to bed at 8 3/4 - the bill for the horses is hay 3/. corn 2/8 - It seems to have been fair for about the last hour - They have not had much rain lately till today - wrote the last 6 lines - we got the waiter to give us sovreigns for seven of our Rochdale and Halifax notes for which we paid a penny each note - he said there was a bank established in the town for exchanging county notes, and that the bank would charge a penny each - writing a little looking at our accounts, etc etc and did not get into bed till it was on the point of striking 11 -

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