5–11 October 1857

Estate- management. No labourers. End- less expenses. I am becoming despondent. Rode, wrote a little in the evening. . .

From morning planted trees all day. In the evening corrected a little here and there. Have thoijght out a final arrangement for The Lost One. . . .

From morning till night was busy planting. Wrote nothing. Walked a little. . . . Going to bed early.

Have been to Yasnaya3 and did estate- business pretty successfully ; wrote occasionally. . . . Was in Tiila, borrowed 1500 rubles from Kap^lov. Thought- lessly agreed to too high a rate of interest. Went to Kazarin’s. Abused Elagin — horrid ! Wrote occasionally. P. V. scolded me.