Saturday Feb 4th. Suffered all yesterday with
violent tooth ache & last night almost went
wild - I had a chill at bed time & raging
fever later - Mr B gave me some aconite
& this morning I was much better, though
still had a severe headache - more med
icine & a good nap helped me wonderfully
& this afternoon I felt able to drive with
Mr B in a “Hansom” & leave a few of our
letters - we seemed to go for miles & miles
& I began to realize the immensity of
London. It was beautiful around Regent’s
Park - row after row of fine neat dwelling
Houses more pleasant to the eye than all
the gloomy palaces or apartments in Paris.
We found the Russell’s in summer place
near Glasgow Square - cheerful pretty
home like place - all were out. Sunny
took Grace a walk this morning, she came
home quite delighted. Read a sketch of
Macauley and two numbers of Thackeray’s
new magazine. The Cornhill - was much
pleased with it - Lovel the Widower particularly.