Describes attending the play David Copperfield with Lotty. Transcription: a substitute for his [Will Kidder's] sister [Charlotte Kidder] & then that his mother [Rebecca Kidder] should; for both of which suggestions he was indignantly snubbed by her, ? albeit she twice repeated ?ǣshe should go out somewhere that evening! ? It being expected Lotty would return soon I stayed tea, which was got through in true boarding-house style, Mrs K leading off with, to the attendant handmaiden, ?ǣThere put some more water in this tea-pot, ? its too strong for me to drink it, I ?m sure! ? It was respectabl
Describes attending the play David Copperfield with Lotty. Transcription: a substitute for his [Will Kidder's] sister [Charlotte Kidder] & then that his mother [Rebecca Kidder] should; for both of which suggestions he was indignantly snubbed by her, ? albeit she twice repeated ?ǣshe should go out somewhere that evening! ? It being expected Lotty would return soon I stayed tea, which was got through in true boarding-house style, Mrs K leading off with, to the attendant handmaiden, ?ǣThere put some more water in this tea-pot, ? its too strong for me to drink it, I ?m sure! ? It was respectable tea. Few persons present, Dod junior & some four others, an elderly proser at the end of the table. [Arthur] Mason & wife [Jane Gibson] appeared towards the close of the repast. But before then, Lotty had returned. ?ǣDid you get my note ?ǣNo! ? ?ǣDid you take seats ?ǣYes! ? ?ǣThen we ?ll go! ? And go we did, her mother refusing to lend Lott a fan, out of pique. It was half past 7 by the time we got to Chamber Street & the play had progressed half way through the first Act But the seats were secure & front ones too. So establishing ourselves, the play went on. I don ?t know that I ever enjoyed a play more. To have this [word crossed out] little girl beside me, to touch her hand, her arm, to have that jetty maze of curls brush my face as sometimes it [word crossed out] would, [word crossed out] Title: Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries: Volume 5, page 48, September 22, 1852 . 22 September 1852. Gunn, Thomas Butler, 1826-1903
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