14 May 1877 – 20 May 1877

C. and I in Brompton and Islington omnibus ; rain begins, and turns to a heavy pour : so not alighting at Oxford Circus we go on and on, to the Angel at last, and the omnibus stables, whence, after a wait in the yard, we return S.W. with fresh horses. C. shows me the street, next St. James's, Pentonville, where he had his first London lodging. Edward Irving lived in Myddelton Square. * After the birth of her daughter, Eva Margaret, on February 21st of this year, Mrs. Allingham was ill for several months. Turkey — ' Dizzy wants a war, to show himself like a second Chatham. He's a very bad man.'