CHAP, iv.] Extracts from Diary. 121 



Herschel and Miss Baldwin followed my nephew to Cam- 

 bridge to assist him in settling his occasional residence there. 



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May 3rd. I intended to pay a long-promised visit to Mrs. 

 Goltermann, but found my brother too busy with putting 

 the forty-foot mirror in the tube, the carriage having broke 

 down between the polishing-room and the tube. Therefore 

 I postponed my journey till I was sure I should not be 

 wanted at home. 



May 10th. I went to London, and met with a friendly 

 reception at Mrs. Goltermann's. 



May llt/i. I went with Mrs. G. and a Mrs. Kramer to 

 Kensington. I remained with Miss Wilson whilst they paid 

 a charitable visit to the two ladies attendant on the Duchess 

 of Brunswick, who were left in a very distressed situation 

 by the death of their mistress. 



The evening we spent at Buckingham House with Mrs. 

 Beckedorff. 



May 12i/i. The forenoon and early part of the afternoon 

 were spent in shopping and visiting, the evening again at 

 Buckingham House, where I just arrived as the Queen and 

 Princesses Elizabeth and Mary, and the Princess Sophia 

 Mathilda of Gloucester, were ready to step into their chairs 

 going to Carlton House, full dressed for a fete, and meeting 

 me and Mrs. Goltermann in the hall, they stopped for near 

 ten minutes, making each in their turn the kindest enquiries 

 how I liked London, &c., &c. 



On entering Mrs. Beckedorff's room I found Madame 

 D'Arblay (Miss Burney), and we spent a very pleasant 

 evening. 



May 15th. I went to the Exhibition ; the evening at 

 Baron Best's, where I met the Beckedorffs. On my return 

 home I found a letter from my brother with Sir William 



