6 June 1864 – 12 June 1864

Very fine. Tennyson and the Boys come across the Solent to me and we make an excursion to Beaulieu Abbey. I take them through Walhampton by the Fir-walk.

Lord Palmerston has recom- mended me for a Civil List Pension of ^ 60 a year — ' on account of the merit of his poetical writings,' Serviceable : but do I like it ^ How much rather would I do without it ! But I have no turn at all for making money, that's certain, and perhaps I may give some equivalent.