Tuesday Dec 19th
As muddy & as mild - Drove to the
Monbijou Palace to see the ex
hibition of English China
which I enjoyed very much
Then some shopping & a long
walk above home - met
Tilden who had just been to
our house & came back with
me to the door - all but baby had
gone to the Christmas Market -
Mr Abel was here all the morning
Sat an hour at Sussmann’s
last evening - went with Mrs
Isham & her sister to a fair at
Count R’s - very plain affair -
dinner and told us of James
Hoffman’s death of Diptheria [sic],
Taken ill on Thursday & died on
Sunday - He sent me a message
a fortnight since by Mr O -
Found in Bertha’s drawer today
3 of my mouchoirs & some scraps
& paper she had taken from my
desk last evening.