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its southern tuang [sic] struck me forcably [sic] after
having been so long away from home.
The little ones & nurses all had tea together
at 4 o’clock in the nursery - I went up to
feed baby & help get them off by 5 o’clock
& papa came back to join us at a 6 o’clock
dinner, the same carriage that took
them home - it seems their appetites came
on afresh & they had another bread & butter
feast before retiring - There was no company
at table - Mr & Mrs Poulton, her father Mr
Wesloe & a Miss Thomasson staying with
them; an auburn haired curly headed young
lady, very wide awake & intelligent -
Says Mr B looks every inch a nobleman
or as if he might be the president of the
United States, which is something much
better - Mr P is a thorough Irishman, nice
manner look & all - Mr W is a fine looking
old gentleman, Mrs P might have been a
beautiful girl but is now a particularly
faded elderly woman who looks weird like
from her extraordinarily brilliant eyes,