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Sturges on her way up to see me, her father was
unwell which would detain them here a day or
two. I am suffering dreadfully with face ache -
Saturday August 6th.
Grace & I each took our first donkey ride
this morning with Mr. & Mrs. Caerington to
the Castle of Unspunnen the scene of Byron's
Manfred - it is now merely a large
circular stone ruin overlooking a most
exquisite valley & in face of a most imposing range of mountains - the path to it through
a thick woods & this lovely valley was as
romantic as the most ardent lores of
Byron could desire & it was easy to
people the vicinity with the imaginary
spirit which so tormented the [illegible] fortunate
Manfred. But all this could not dispel
my face ache & since my return I have
been almost distracted with it. The Parsons
all left this morning early, impatient to
get settled at Geneva. Mr Romaine called
to see me yesterday & the storm kept him
to dinner our Roman consul also favored
us - I went with Mr P to the Thersal [?] an
Part of Jane Bigelow Diary, 1859-1860