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sea very smooth though Big tides these 2 or 3 days. My 2nd. bathe only -
good thing I got the water indoors. Feel so well - happy too - Matthew
came for us at 9. Nearly lost our keys. Got into town dry[underlined] at 11 : Went
the rest of the way in cab. They thought we'd never get home. Sent
keys to Mrs. M. by Ivy ~ she grumbled nicely ~ misunderstood Ivy about
things so I went to see her after drinks & explained & made things
straight ~ she charged 10/- It has cost us just 25/- not much for
a fortnight - went down town & saw Blaikie - must start violin
tomorrow. Feel all different now - cobwebs all gone & senses restored.
11th. Tuesday . Dreadful day for rain & wind. Blessing we are home.
Would have been swamped truly down there. Mrs. M will
know now all about her house. Passed day thinking &c.
12th. Wednesday. Cleared a bit - still threatens. Went to Blaikie for my first
violin lesson. Seems harder than I thought. Flood rising
13th. Thursday. Lots of rain up country. We'd have been swamped at
Mellor's - at Mon Repos 19 in fell. suppose the same at Heads. "Ranelagh
wrecked on Tuesday at mouth of river ~ we saw her anchored on Monday
coming out in the storm on Tuesday she anchored & the strong tides & flood
water dragged her on the rocks. Lesson this morning.
14th. Friday. Down for lesson this morning : practised bowing a lot. It
means more practice than I ever thought. Boy drowned near Smith's today.
15th. Saturday. Practised lots today. Took a stroll down to the flood this
afternoon ~ not very much ~ Took my blouse to Miss M's to make ~
16th. Sunday. Church this morning. We went by Barolin St. & it was
horrible ~ Mr. Marsh preached ~ I played - Mrs. Wilde was there. Wanted
me to come to dinner ~ promised to come one day next week -
Mrs. Ellison wants us to come Thursday. Didn't go out tonight ~
17th. Monday. Lesson this morning ~ Awfully hot ~ came on to rain
after dinner & rained like fun all afternoon.
18th. Tuesday. Sick all day - thought I must be getting dengue fever
pains all over & big headache - tried to practise best I could sitting up
in bed - had to go to bed early last of all.
19th. Wednesday. All right nearly today ~ put my feet into hot mustard
& water - that took all the pains out - Very glad too - must have
got a chill on Monday. Lesson - The more I practised the worse I seem to get but
suppose that will remedy with time. Miss
Skyring came early to tell us not to come down - the swell at their place
was horrible & their place was all upset ~ she might have taken us for a drive
anyway - I could have gone to Wilde's too. We went out however & visited
Mrs. Young - found her out - or in & didn't want to see us ~ then to Miss Trotter
who was glad to see us & regaled us with ginger beer & biscuits ~ then to
Mrs. Reddan & found her out - gone to Maryboro ~ so we seuled down town
& went to Macleod's & bought me a birthday broach - opal ~ a very pretty
one. Think I've done enough outing for one day.
20th. Thursday. Very hot. We went up to Ellison's for the evening about
1/2-4. Had nice evening. Mr. & Mrs. Marsh came after tea. Mr. M.
was told that Mrs. G. had dengue fever ~ brought it home with her.
Nice for me to have [...] into.
21st. Friday. Down for my lesson. ~ Went then in the bus up to Wilde's
for dinner & spent the afternoon. Mr. W. wasn't home for dinner
but came just as I was going away & wanted me to stay for tea & he