as the exquisite cultivation of the country
beneath.
Saturday - We have been to call on the
Thurbers who are at a pension adjoin
-ing. I was introduced to a Mrs Halsey
whom I liked much a Mrs La[----]
& another Mrs Somebody, neither of
whom interested me. Young
Butler & Warwick who were at Mrs
Kelsons with us, arrived here last
night, the house is as full as it can
hold, but no one whom I am really
glad to see. The Borones from Staten
Island, people I have always rather
avoided - [illegible], young Porter
a nephew of "Spirit of the [---]nes" ---
a very gentlemany [sic] young German
Baron - W. H. Russell (the American
correspondent of the London Times)
& family - Mr & Mrs Megnien [sic] of
Paris, the latter an authoress -
Constantly showering the last two
days --- Grace [illegible words] & talking to
herself the other day --- "God comes