9 January 1882 – 15 January 1882

H. and I to Blackdown. A. T. in study. H. tries to sketch him, but he wont. * You're staring at me — I can't bear it ! He's keeping me in talk, it's a plot ! I hate it ! My back bone is weak ! You mustn't, Mrs. A.' Autograph hunters — some one applied repeatedly — he sent ' Ask me no more. — A. Tennyson.'