Rose very late ― reading P. Ferroll. ― Unwell. Did not paint ― packed & arranged.
Letters from C.F. ― & Clowes. Wrote to them. ((LEL, 86-8.)) F.L. came & said Palmerston had gone out. ― At 4½ walked the round solo: rainy at times. Dined alone, read wrote Greek, & made alphabets.
[Transcribed by Marco Graziosi from Houghton Library, Harvard University, MS Eng. 797.3.]
Edward Lear's Diaries 
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