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engaged elsewhere - Just returned from
dining with a Mr Scott at Chatelaine’s
& Mr B has gone off to some club with Mr
McIntosh - Wretched dinner waited on by
a scraggy old maid, lame of one leg -
The poor old soul hobbled in and out,
with very little worth eating, it is true,
but our host & hostess were very agreeable.
& I did not mind being a little hungry -
Soup all pepper was first - then Mr C cut
up a precious small loaf & threw a piece
at each of us, next came maccaroni [sic], all
fire again, some manner of balls,
fearful little hot pills & potatoes which
I welcomed - after these a turkey, aged
worthy old soul, about 18 months, a salad wound
up the substantials - omlet & custard & some
very good fruit concluded this really pleasant
entertainment. Mrs de C presented me with
one of her own books for children “Right
& Wrong” very nice it is - she sings very
well, is fluent in German, french of course -
a sweet kindly refined manner - beautiful