18 February 1867 – 24 February 1867

Mist. Steamer to Yarmouth. Flags flying. The Queen expected from Osborne, coming to take a look at this part of the island. I to Farringford. I say to T., ' Perhaps the Queen wiU visit you to-day.' He thinks it possible. ' Then I had better go .? ' ' No, stay by all means.' Talking of the Queen, when T, was at Osborne Her Majesty said to him, ' Cockneys don't annoy aj,' to which T. rejoined, ' If I could put a sentry at each of my gates I should be safe.' * She was praising my poetry ; I said *' Every one writes verses now. I daresay Your Majesty does." She smiled and said, " No ! I never could bring two lines together ! " ' The Queen, I find, has steamed past Yarmouth, landed at Alum Bay, and lunched there at the hotel.