April 20th.—Moved from Windsor to a small house at Chalvy, rented from Mr. House, the wood-cutter.
June 9th.—My brother went to Bath; by the 25th he was returned.
July 1st.—Alexander came from Bath.
July 29th.—I went to Slough to take (along with Alex.) care of the house whilst my brother, with his family, were from home. ***** *****
February 20th.—The first time Mrs. Beckedorff's[1] name being mentioned in my memorandums as having dined with her, and the whole party leaving the dining-room on the Princesses Augusta, Amelia, and the Duke of Cambridge coming in to see me.
March 2nd.—I went with Mrs. H. and Miss Baldwin to town on a visit to Dr. and Miss Wilson, and went with a party to F. Griesbach's concert at the Opera House. The 4th we returned.
April 7th.—I shut my house at Chalvy, and went with my maid to Slough, the latter to supply the place of the servants Mrs. H. took with her to town.
May 6th.—My brother went to take a paper to the R. S., and remained there till the 15th.
May 26th.—I returned home to Chalvy very ill with a bad leg, having waited too long before I called in assistance.
June 27th.—The carriage was sent to take me to Slough. Hitherto work had been daily sent me.
July 13th.—My brother, Mrs. H., my nephew John, and Miss Baldwin left Slough to go to Paris.
August 25th.—All returned with my nephew danger-- ↑ Mrs. Beckedorff was "the sweet little girl of ten or eleven years old" with whom Miss Herschel had exchanged pleasant greetings when they were both taking lessons in dressmaking from Madame Klister, in Hanover, thirty-five years before. (See p. 22.)
