Monday. Set to at a charcoal of the group at Mrs Spongs cottage, rather difficult. After lunch went walking & to Grannies. Mama heard from Ellen to say she is not coming back here now & that Aunt T [Towgood] will come here on Tuesday. Tuesday. Alice & Aunt T. arrived to our great delight since which time I have not written my journal & have been most shockingly idle in every way. The same evening they came, Mama, H & me went to the Gee's party it proved a much larger one than we