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Leeds United players have been back at Thorp Arch for pre-season training for less than two weeks but it seems like Marcelo Bielsa’s notorious training methods are getting to the players already. The Argentine coach is known as a perfectionist and it appears he has been pushing his players hard before the start of the new season as a number of them have been caught napping on Instagram. Midfielder Kalvin Phillips shared a video of one of his teammates passed out face first on a bean bag to his Instagram story earlier today. He wasn’t the only one, as defender Barry Douglas shared a video to his Instagram story of new signing Helder Costa out cold on some bean bags, just two days after the Portuguese winger joined the club. On Wednesday, Costa joined from Wolverhampton Wanderers on an initial one-year loan deal, which is set to become permanent next summer for an undisclosed fee. The 25-year-old has signed a four-year deal with the Whites beginning when the move becomes permanent, which would keep him at Elland Road until 2024. Leeds begin their season against Bristol City on Sunday 4th August, in 30 days time, and it appears Bielsa is set on working his players hard to get them ready for that. The Verdict Leeds fans will likely be pleased to see that Bielsa is working the players hard ahead of what is a huge season for the Whites. Following their play-off semi-final loss last season, expectation is high at Elland Road as Leeds are amongst the favourites to win promotion back to the Premier League next season. It has been 15 years since Leeds were relegated from the top-flight of English football and the players will be determined to make the most of what is a great opportunity and seal a return. The Instagram stories of Douglas and Phillips would suggest that the players appear to be in high spirits despite the expectation and the pre-season training, which is good news for fans of the Yorkshire club. #LeedsUnited #ThorpArch #BarryDouglas

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Friday 18 November 1836

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No kiss small rain and small snow - downstairs in ¾ hour to Mr. S. Washington - A- pad him £180 for the 3 Lightcliffe cottages on the Radcliffe estate - SW- brought me back Mr. C. Robinson’s lease of the 2 marshes transferred to Mark Hepworth - transfer dated the 15th instant - took down the great plan - told SW- to buy for us (did not say whether for A- or for me) the 1DW work field opposite Southedge and adjoining my yew trees land - valued by him at £105 and told him also not to let the 5DW (in 2 fields) adjoining Mr. Wilkinsons land, just beyond Southedge, go cheap valued at £325 or £335 not good friends - but said we did not care about the 2 last - in fact gave them up, unless, which is unlikely, they should be bought worthwhile - shewed SW- the 6DW field that Haigh is quarrying adjoining Little marsh farm and belonging to Miss Shann of Thorparch - told SW- to go over and see if he could buy the field of her, but to make no noise about it - I suspected Mr. Rawson was about it, on account of the coal - breakfast at 10 - A- did her French - came upstairs at 10 50 - wrote the above of today, F34° and snowing large flakes at 11 am making memoranda - Robert Mann came at 12 10 to tell me they were going on better at the Long goit driving the sheet iron had answered - kept him till 2 talking over the plan of bringing out the coal by an engine in Godley lane - looked over the plans - the length of heads to drive about the same from Listerwick to bottom of Park farm Ing low corner, as from Listerwick to Walker pit (about 800 yards) - from Park farm Ing corner to the false cutting in Godley lane about 300 yards length of inclined plane - Robert M- said we should 1st be sure of water for the Engine - said I had 3 ways of getting it - from top of upper Conery - from Low fish pond  - or.. the dripping into Godley lane - perhaps the latter might be managed - if not sure of water by one of the 2 other means - RM- asked if Isaac Turner of High Sunderland had agreed with A- for her Holcans land skirt coal - would run from 20 to 50 yards broad uncertain all the length from the pit near Spa-house to the extremity of her land - worth £40 an acre to me to buy to help out my own colliery - not more - bed about 24in. thick - on the other side the hill in Mr. Haigh’s land only 15in. thick - Robert had felt hurt to think Isaac Turner had agreed with A- for Robert himself had 3 or 4 years ago bid A- (at Lidgate) £400 for the coal in partnership with Messrs. Emmett and Wilson (E- to pay the money) and had besides mentioned the coal scarce to me - I said I was sure A- would not sell the coal without letting him (Robert M-) know but we should [favourably?] have a colliery of our by and by; and we should not therefore be in a hurry to sell the Shibden skirt coal to anybody - Engine coal - it might help to coal our own intended Godley lane engine - RM- thinks there will be several acres of the coal in question - Isaac Turner cannot loose himself without agreed with A- little if any coal to get in Mr. Priestley’s land - went into the south parlour to Mr. Harper at 2 10 and A- came and staid talking about the kitchen, the steam apparatus for cooking and the fitting up generally - talked very cleverly about it - A- off to Cliff Hill at 2 50 and I left Mr. H- to eat luncheon while I came to my study and wrote part of my journal - Mrs. Dyson and Miss Elizabeth Plowes called at 3and sat about ½ hour - had them in the north parlour - very civil to them very sorry A- was just gone - talked of the antiquities of the house - and made the alterations in progress appear as small as I could - from 3 ½ to 4 ¾ with Mr. Harper - mentioned and settled about the few things omitted yesterday - the model to be left in the north parlour - put back instead into the drawing room when it is finished and left there till the top room the east tower (Mr. Harper styles it Eastern tower) is dry enough for it - to be got thro’ the joists by taking up a floor-board - both towers to be lined with brick - recommends a green morine bed in the drab room and the walls to be partly covered (pannelwise with green morine with oak styles between and the ceiling painted in imitation of oak? the south parlour to be partly done with green morine with dark oakstyles between the morine pannels - the bath room to be done up neatly - oak panelling? or painted oak - the upper kitchen oak wainstocotted with the Mytholm chimney piece - the buttery to be ceiled as it was before with clouds and stars in stucco - castors to be put on the great oak chest to be filled with my books and left where it is - the tower kitchen cellar to be aired and lightened as it best can - Mr. H- will come again before we go if I will give him a weeks’ notice - will bring me 2 little drawings of the house (south and north front) such as we are to find on our return - the dry arches to be left till the tower is up - Mr. H- will manage them and to the terrace well beginning from the tower and going along the front of the house and making a proper finish on the west side - west tower to have 2 floors above the water closets - a small brick oven to be built in the kitchen court - the top room in the eastern tower to be finished for my library and study - Mr. Harper satisfied with Mr. Husbands ‘ plan of the new buildings at the Stump X Inn - will look after my Godley lane intended coal-engine -

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the corn mill so planned as to be easily convertible into a worsted mill without much expense or trouble - approved Mr. Husbands’ or rather the gardener’s plan of the garden - his plans of the principal timbers of the house - will make a rough plan and finish it here shewing the original construction of the house - will examine the roof - would be new roofed at 2/. per yard not 2000 yards of roofing at Northgate including stables and everything - might be about 600 yards here at 2/. - or £100 would new roof the house - said I should leave all to him (Mr. Harper) - made him a handsome speech - whatever my account due to himself might be I should pay it with pleasure - desired him to put all the jobs Stump X inn, Hilltop farm, down as his own, since he would have to measure off, and the paying the bills would fall to him, or at the money would pass thro’ his hands to Mr. Husband - I should be obliged to him also to keep the colliery account - he thought he should be able to manage all - should want three thousand for Northgate and here and a thousand for the mill and said I a thousand for other things and I will leave an order at the bank to honour your drafts to the amount of five thousand he did not say much but seemed evidently pleased and satisfied - meant to have taken a run out at 4 ¾ on Mr. Harper’s going but found A- come back - sat talking to her - then going with her into the kitchen chamber with a heap of wadding in her hand (the pack the 2 silver teapots and toast rock she has sent by Mr. H- to Cattle and Barber for some little repairs) she set it on fire and I at 1st thought she herself was in a blaze - no! luckily not - we were alarmed but there was no harm - I snatched up the flaming mass and threw it down up the upper kitchen floor (flagged) - dinner at 6 ¾ - coffee upstairs - read the newspaper - (Morning Herald) - from a little before 9 for an hour, had Dobson the stone merchant - he wants to make another delfhole to try the stone at the rise point of the stone against Mr. Haighs’ bit of waste - thinks the low lift would there be out of water and that there would be 6ft. of good stone (riving stone) for flags - if 6ft. and out of water durst bid 5/. a yard - expects there would be a DW of stone Long talk - elicited that Haigh has about a DW of stone to get - the low lift in water - if I drive a drift, I shall loose Haigh’s stone - I thought he ought to pay for this - yes! but he would not - elicited that the loose would be worth 9d per yard to Haigh - I said I thought H- ought to give me £100  and then that the drift would cost the half of this - I had calculated this way -- H- to have 4000 yards at 6d. to loose = £100 - D- seemed surprised but satisfied at my cleverness! - said I meant to consult Joseph [c.d?] not had time to speak to him since I was last at Little marsh and looked at Haigh’s quarry - said I knew H- could afford to give me a shilling a yard more than anybody else could - i.e. 6d per yard for the loose which he would get from me the privilege of making and 6f. per yard from having his quarry open and a road ready - D- owned I was right - I said I had given up the thought of driving a drift under these circumstances - almost inclined to put the stone up as it is and see what would be bid, and determine to let, or leave the stone unlet at the present, as might seem best - D- very anxious to put down another hole and road the stone out across the waste (Haigh’s waste) - had made up his mind to live in the old house (Joseph Halls’) if he could manage taking the stone and farm which he would do if he could - sat talking to A- about the new kitchen etc till 10 40 and from then to 11 wrote the last 21 lines of p. 375, the whole of last p. and so far of this - snowy wintery morning finish afternoon after one or 2 and evening F29 ½° now at 11 ½ pm Rainy night

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Sunday 3 May 1829

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Before and after breakfast (breakfast at 11 20/60 in 20 minutes) read from p.117 to end of no.1 to 160, that is the 1st 18pp. no.2 Bulletin - Mrs.B-[Barlow] came and sat with me from 12 to 1 talKing about apartments etc. might have the apartment 20 rue de la Ferme furnished at 400 franc a month tho’ the lady asks 500 franc -

From 1 to 1 3/4 read prayers (leaving out the litany and communion service) with my aunt and read Sermon 2 6p. Sandford - staid talKing to my aunt till 4 35/60 - she said she considered her going to Shibden fixed  I said that supposing all other difficulties removed there still remained a diffic[ult]y about money matters  I should wish her to feel she had always enough or all she wantedd or wished  but this must not appear to my father and Marian or she could never keep what she had   she must always plead poverty had best receive a hundred every rent day from Mr.Briggs and draw quietly for the rest on the bank could never say anything openly about out affairs  had best contrive to forget and when questioned say she did not know  the account being sent as usual to me and I would give her a particular mark that none but herself could understand to say how much she might draw for and to go as she said to Thorparch or Harrogate or where ever she pleased -

my aunt thought that, if at Shibden, she should like to go from home some times to Thorparch Harrogate, or York for teeth - would have her go by all means - she has several times mentioned, if she could but have the rents of the part of the life estate my uncle left her - to this I constantly reply, let us make no divisions - let her be 1st taker, and take what ever she wants - From the account she gives me of George (says he is getting spoilt - fond of liquor), she thinKs She could not manage him at Shibden - well! then, let him leave us on our arrival at Shibden - John can take care of the carriage - and if my aunt likes she can hire another man but if she has only MacD[onald] to propose paying my father eighty pounds a year  then she could make three hund[red]s a year do and if I leave her here with Miss Macl[ean] while I travel the least she would spend would be five hund[red]s a year

came to my room at 4 35/60 - just sitting down to my journal when Mrs.B-[Barlow] came at 4 3/4 and sat with me till dinner at 6 1/4 - and sat a few minutes afterwards while we were at dinner -  she said she had come merely to sit with my aunt but happening to come in to my room first there she staid I had her on my knee and was going to grubble  she just muttering we have not time now  but some how she began about constancy and that no wife liked a husband to go astray and I began morali zing thinking to myself what the deuce has she to do with me as a husband  I had better let her alone she lays too much claim to my constancy already  how is it she does not will not know me better surely I have said enough about hating to be pothered etc. etc.   it might be convenient to me to travel with her but I fear to hamper myself -

came to my room and from 8 1/2 to 9 25/60 wrote out p.16. and the 1st 17 lines p.17 of my journal - Coffee at 9 1/2 - again talking to my aunt about her going to Shibden said I really did not think she would be comfortable - she could not have much in common with my father and sister etc. etc. and she seems better satisfied, and now fixes to stay here - It seems Cameron is indeed fitter for housemaid than lady’s maid - george and she quite familiar - MacDonald obliged to give her a good talKing to already - my aunt sure she could not manage george and Cameron together if I was away - my saying then I would part with Cameron - send her home when I went away, seemed to set my aunt at ease - but MacDonald must have some one to help her - better take Mrs.B-‘s[Barlow’s] Ferdinande as cooK - yes! that said my aunt would do very well -

Came to my room at 11 1/4  did my clothes for the wash Fine day - cold in the house, and, according to Mrs.B-[Barlow], very warm out of doors - while sitting after dinner repeated flashes (8 or 10) of very vivid lighting and 2 loud peals of thunder and heavy rain -

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: Thursday 28 July 1836

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- No kiss A-‘s cousin fine morning - highish wind and F60° at 7 35 am at which hour went out - the 2 York joiners were boarding up the top of the housekeeper’s bedroom - they had not cased the beam - so stopt them and had what they had done taken down and the beam cased - not their fault - Mr. Husband himself did not like the look of the job and glad to make an alteration which has improved the look so much - about 1 or ¾ of a day’s work lost - had Charles and James Howarth putting up temporary gate at the Lodge - hanging the middle Whiskum gate that they had repaired and taking measure for new gate into the Paddock (Godley top field) - David Booth and  1man at the cellar - 4 men taking out staff for cellar under the West tower Matthew , Richard , Sam and Benjamin and Wood and Jack Green finishing putting gravel on about the pool and jobbing about there in the morning - and in the afternoon setting there biggish stone (set one there in the morning) so as to finish up at the Lowest part of the rockwork - and in the afternoon had Mark Hepworth 3 Northgate carts  (one horse cart) and my own and John Booth and Richard and Matthew and Benjamin to fill, and got all the dunghill from under the lime tree into the Paddock - Mark Hepworth got it out of the carts and Samuel Booth spread what he could - breakfast at 9 in ¾ hour - then set off to meet Dobson at Upper Place quarry at 10 - took A- with me up Pump lane as far as Barraclough cottage and then returned with her as far as Pump which made it near 11 before I got to the quarry - Dobson went with me to Little marsh shewed me where he thought the hole should be opened and I agreed - we called at the house - Mrs. widow Hall in her bed - brought to bed of a daughter - has now 6 girls and a boy - told her daughter to explained why I called and Dobson said he would speak to her - Dobson to begin the hole on Monday next - to keep a regular account [D.r and c.r] - he Dobson sinks the hole for me - Hainsworth has nothing to do with it - it is between D- and me - hopes the hole will be down so as to shew the stone sufficiently for letting in 2 or 3 months - I at liberty to let the stone as I like - no way bound to Dobson - on leaving him saw Wombersley [Womersley?] mending up his wall against me - long talk - mentioned that there would now be another quarry to let and I intended letting the farm with it - W- said he would bid for them both - tired of where he is Mr. Machan’s farm - pays 50 guineas a year the house in very bad repair and she will lay nothing out - 24DW of which 8 at the top of Beacon hill 3 a delf hill and worth nothing - the farm not worth more than £40 per annum - paid £60 at first but the stone quarry at 1/6 per yard very reasonable - looked into the hole Freeman made in Little marsh land - W- valued the stone now shewn (but it is where it is skirting out) at 3/6 per yard - shewed me into house - thought the farm worth £1500, the coal worth £20 per DW owned there would be £200 or £300 to lay out immediately so that as I said £1500 quite enough to give for the farm - said I would give Mrs. M- that and pay her 4 p.c. for the money if she liked -or  I would buy the coal at a reasonable prince - but what I offered Mr. Rawson was sure to offer more tho’ he did not come down with the money - talked of his buying Samuel Hall’s coal - W- did not seem to know that SH could sell it during his life-  W. said I ought to buy the field Haigh was quarrying up to Joseph Hall’s - it would farm nicely with Joseph Hall’s - 6DW - all the stone got - belongs to Miss Shann of Tadcaster now living at Thorparch - the coal would suit me - I merely said Mr. Rawson ought to buy it –

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home at 12 - found Flather and Benjamin Fletcher waiting for me - had not taken David Booth to see what he wanted - preferred seeing me 1st - wanted me to promise new house and barn - which I declined - said I would do what was reasonable - get water to the place if I could, and put the place in good repair - but would promise nothing more till David Booth brought me an estimate of what was wanted and what it would cost - said however that I was satisfied with the man’s character and had no doubt of our agreeing - then with A- she went rode to Cliff Hill soon after 2 and having walked with me to the Lodge I went to Mark Hepworth in the paddock - he said each cart brought 1 square yard of manure and 1 square yard = 1 ton worth 6/6 at H-x and 1/. per ton carting from there to the paddock - he would put 8 loads on a DW thought I was laying on about ½ that - too thin - I said I would have no more laid on than the dunghill from under the lime tree - I guessed there would be 30 loads - Mark thought 17 - It seems there were 38 loads Mark said they reckoned 3/6 per DW spreading - the paddock would take one man 6 Days - this manuring ought to last 2 years - H-x stuff (necessary stuff) would always force a crop but worth nothing after the 1st year - Mark would not pay anything for it for tenant-right as tillage - valued the fog at £3 tho’ I said the paddock was 4DW owned he had paid Hannah 50/. last year for 3DW of fog not ½ as good as this - would have [eaten?] it off for a week before putting on the manure, but I wanted the manure out of the way - he said it would be fit to turn into in 4 or 5 weeks from this time - I said the manure should be spread tomorrow - I should value it at 20/. per DW - with Wood and Jack at the pool - the Low fish leaks as much as even could near the water escape from this end about ½ way between the cistern and 1st sycamore tree - the water 6 or 8 in. lower than at 3pm yesterday - came in at 6 ¾ - dinner at 6 50 - coffee - sat talking to A- then both asleep till about 9 - then (the 20 minutes in the drawing room with my aunt )wrote all the above of today till 10 10 - note (letter) tonight from Mr. Adam - Mr. Parker from home - thinks I mistook his note of yesterday - he is in doubt about the £800 thinks Mr. Graham should get an opinion before any money is paid - will write to Mr. Turner to get an opinion -sat downstairs with A- in the north dining room from 10 till 10 40 reading the newspaper - fine but dullish day and shower between 5 and 6 - F60° now at 10 40 pm rainy night at 11 -

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Wed[nesday] 8 May 1833

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F[ahrenheit] 67° at 5 3/4 and ver[y] fine morn[in]g - ver[y] hot - at my desk at 7 - wr[ote] and finish[e]d

Let[ter] to M- [Mariana] - ver[y] near[l]y 3 p[ages]  somehow did not write readily - kind let[ter] of condol[en]ce

writ[in]g on the melanch[ol]y subj[ec]t ‘I can scarce[l]y wr[ite] of an[y]th[in]g else - b[u]t you will be gl[a]d to

‘hear, I like the looks of Thom[a]s, and hope and th[in]k he is ver[y] like[l]y to be the sort of serv[an]t I want

‘one for wh[o]m I shall forev[e]r rem[em]b[e]r my obligat[io]n to you - I shall be anx[iou]s for you to

‘see Eugénie - She nev[e]r wore a cap in her life - I f[ou]nd it will n[o]t do to ta[ke] h[e]r to Langt[o]n

‘w[i]thout one - I am cert[ainl]y n[o]t disap[pointe]d in her so far - are n[o]t men eas[ie]r to manage th[a]n wom[e]n?

‘at all rates, I am forev[e]r oblig[e]d to you for all the troub[le] you ha[ve] tak[e]n for me - adieu -

‘God bless you, my d[eare]st Mary! Ev[e]r ver[y] espec[iall]y and ent[irel]y y[ou]rs AL- [Anne Lister]’ h[a]d Eugénie at 9 -

and young Parsons to cut and dress my h[ai]r - d[o]wnst[ai]rs at 11 - Mrs. Ch[arle]s Robins[o]n and lit[tle] Hugh h[a]d just call[e]d

for 10 min[ute]s - br[eak]f[a]st - wr[ote] 2 p[ages] and end to my a[un]t and th[e]n Steph. D[octo]r B- [Belcombe] call[e]d for

1/2 h[ou]r - th[in]ks he c[oul]d manage ab[ou]t Miss W- [Walker] - could have her at Thorparch very comforta

bly fortnight and then see how she was   told him all about the business between π- [Mariana] and me

very good friends   but our ever living together at an end  explained   feared there

might be some pique in her feeling at my three several and serious times preventing her

leaving δ- [Charles Lawton] and some fancies about my better circumstances and society?  he seemed sur

prised and sorry but behaved remarkably well   told him it was all her own doing and how much

I had g[r]ived over it but Charlotte Norcliffe had done me much good she and my aunt the only peop

le besides himself who knew of it  said I should not have thought of this experiment

with Miss W- [Walker] had π- [Mariana] and I been as formerly but no pique certainly on my part but I was dull without

having some interest if Miss W- [Walker] married I would take care she did it nicely and her children

would interest  mentioned π-‘s [Mariana] having asked me to live at Speake  he asked if I

might not sell Shibden if factories increased   No said I not for millions I have

much family pride and sense of duty to my uncle said I should [have] provided more than amply for

π- [Mariana] yes left her a life estate in all I had had she been settled with me but two days  but now as I

could not name her in my will as I should have done formerly I should probably not do it at

all I said she had been more worldly than I ever was in my life and less constant too said I would

rather have Miss W- [Walker]  than someone of higher rank and more worldly if I did not take her might

do worse   he laughed and said you are an odd person too and took his leave th[e]n finish[e]d

the 3[r]d p[age] and wr[ote] one long and finish[e]d my let[ter] to my a[un]t - told h[e]r so th[a]t she, b[u]t nobod[y]else

w[oul]d und[er]st[a]nd, wh[a]t I h[a]d communicat[e]d to D[octo]r B- [Belcombe] on the subj[ec]t of M- [Mariana] b[u]t n[o]t a word of wh[a]t

pass[e]d ab[ou]t Miss W- [Walker]   announc[e]d my agreeab[le] journ[e]y und[e]r 6 h[ou]rs - and ask[e]d for Simmens[o]ns

and col[ou]r of draw[in]g r[oo]m curt[ai]ns to s[e]nd to Kendell for the chiffonier - then wrote to Miss W- [Walker] copied

yesterday from my notebook and wr[ote] so far of today - ‘York. Wed[nesday] 8 May 1833. Th[an]k you ver[y]

‘m[u]ch for y[ou]r let[ter] w[hi]ch I can on[l]y regret w[a]s n[o]t writt[en] in bet[ter] sp[iri]ts - I ha[ve] th[ou]ght oft[e]n, and m[u]ch

‘and anx[iousl]y ab[ou]t you - you told me my last let[ter] w[a]s like a sunbeam - may th[i]s let[ter] be like

‘anoth[e]r sunbeam, and a bright[e]r!  I determ[ine]d n[o]t to wr[ite] till I w[a]s off fr[om] Shibd[e]n, and am now writ[in]g

‘in the ver[y] r[oo]m where you and I were so comf[ortabl]y togeth[e]r in Oct[obe]r - If you c[oul]d recall th[a]t ti[me], w[oul]d you?

 swore Doctor B- [Belcombe] to secrecy both about Miss W- [Walker] and π- [Mariana]

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‘Consid[e]r four-and-twenty h[ou]rs - judge for yours[self], if you can; if n[o]t, ask y[ou]r sist[e]rs’ adv[i]ce,

‘and ta[ke] it - I still th[in]k th[a]t health and happ[ine]ss are w[i]thin y[ou]r reach, and, as I trust, by mo[re] ways

‘th[a]n one - I ha[ve] seen m[u]ch of y[ou]r a[un]t; and we are s[u]ch good fr[ie]nds, I do n[o]t fancy h[e]r opin[ion]s w[oul]d oppose

‘my own - I go to Langt[o]n tomor[row] (direct to me at Mrs. Norcliffes’, Langton hall, n[ea]r Malt[o]n,

‘Yorksh[i]re) and intend stay[in]g a fortnight; aft[e]r th[a]t, I m[u]st ret[ur]n to Shibd[e]n for 2 or 3 days, and shall

‘th[e]n ma[ke] the best of my way to the cont[inen]t - b[u]t, in the meanti[me], you may accomod[ate] y[ou]r plans to

‘mine, or mine to yours, if you please - I told you at part[in]g, th[a]t I w[oul]d meet you

‘on y[ou]r ret[ur]n, if you wish[e]d it - If you ha[ve] energy en[ou]gh to determ[ine], I will ta[ke] you up

‘at y[ou]r sist[e]rs’ own door at Udale ; and, as, dur[in]g the pres[en]t build[in]g operat[io]ns, it is

‘imposs[ible] to accom[oda]te extra peop[le], I c[oul]d, or, rath[er] I mean we c[oul]d, sleep at Inverness - I

‘th[in]k you w[oul]d like Eugénie, and f[ou]nd my man-serv[an]t all we want[e]d - If you dare gi[ve] a

‘fair trail, I am sanguine as ev[e]r ab[ou]t y[ou]r entire recov[er]y - wr[ite] in ans[we]r wh[a]tev[e]r

‘you th[in]k best; b[u]t wr[ite] it soon - Rouse yours[elf] whi[le] there is yet ti[me] - rememb[e]r th[a]t the

‘sun is ris[in]g so[me]whi[le] bef[ore] we see h[i]m, and th[a]t when hum[a]n ills seem w[i]thout remedy,

‘it is n[o]t bec[ause] th[a]t remedy really fails to exist, b[u]t simp[l]y bec[ause] we kno[w] n[o]t how to f[i]nd it -

‘my k[i]nd reg[ar]ds to y[ou]r sist[e]r, and Capt[ai]n Suth[erlan]d; and, be y[ou]r ans[we]r to my let[ter] wh[a]t it may. bel[ieve]

‘me ev[e]r sincere[l]y interest[e]d in y[ou]r welfare, and ev[e]r faith[full]y and affect[ionatel]y y[ou]rs AL- [Anne Lister]

‘am I n[o]t to ha[ve] the kneecaps?’ at 3 55/.. s[e]nt off my let[ter]s to my a[un]t Shibd[e]n, and to M- [Mariana] Lawt[o]n

hall, Lawt[o]n, Cheshire’ and to ‘Miss Walker, at Capt[ai]n Sutherlands’ of Udale Fortrose Ross-shire’

out at 4 5/.. - took Eugénie and b[ou]ght slippers, and silk for dress at Hudsons’, etc and th[e]n took h[e]r to Mrs. Belcombe’s

for Mrs. Milne and Charlotte to see - 1/2 h[ou]r in the minst[e]r court - th[e]n across the wat[e]r to the Duffins’ - 3/4 h[ou]r

and d[i]d n[o]t vent[u]re to go and see her - call[e]d on Mrs. Anne and Miss Gage - at din[ner] so ca[me] away - din[ner] at the hot[e]l

at 6 1/4 in 1/2 h[ou]r - at the Belcombe’s at 7 20/.. to go w[i]th Mrs. Milne to the amateur concert - tremend[ousl]y hot -

Miss Belco[mbe] and Miss Greenup and Miss Bagshaw and Hamlyn and Ch[arle]s Milne of the p[ar]ty - Mrs. Milne and I left th[e]m and walk[e]d

1/2 h[ou]r tow[ar]ds Monk bar - tea and sp[en]t the ev[enin]g at Mrs. Belco[mbe]s’ and ho[me] at 11 10/.. -wr[ote] the last 9 lines  ver[y] fine

day - ver[y] m[u]ch cool[e]r th[i]s ev[enin]g F[ahrenheit] 66 1/2° at 11 1/4 p.m.

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: Thursday 28 July 1836

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11 ¾

no kiss A-‘s cousin fine morning - highish wind and F60° at 7 35 am at which hour went out - the 2 York joiners were boarding up the top of the housekeeper’s bedroom - they had not cased the beam - so stopt them and had what they had done taken down and the beam cased - not their fault - Mr. Husband himself did not like the look of the job and glad to make an alteration which has improved the look so much - about 1 or ¾ of a day’s work lost - had Charles and James Howarth putting up temporary gate at the Lodge - hanging the middle Whiskum gate that they had repaired and taking measure for new gate into the Paddock (Godley top field) - David Booth and  1man at the cellar - 4 men taking out staff for cellar under the West tower Matthew , Richard , Sam and Benjamin and Wood and Jack Green finishing putting gravel on about the pool and jobbing about there in the morning - and in the afternoon setting there biggish stone (set one there in the morning) so as to finish up at the Lowest part of the rockwork - and in the afternoon had Mark Hepworth 3 Northgate carts  (one horse cart) and my own and John Booth and Richard and Matthew and Benjamin to fill, and got all the dunghill from under the lime tree into the Paddock - Mark Hepworth got it out of the carts and Samuel Booth spread what he could - breakfast at 9 in ¾ hour - then set off to meet Dobson at Upper Place quarry at 10 - took A- with me up Pump lane as far as Barraclough cottage and then returned with her as far as Pump which made it near 11 before I got to the quarry - Dobson went with me to Little marsh shewed me where he thought the hole should be opened and I agreed - we called at the house - Mrs. widow Hall in her bed - brought to bed of a daughter - has now 6 girls and a boy - told her daughter to explained why I called and Dobson said he would speak to her - Dobson to begin the hole on Monday next - to keep a regular account Debtor and creditor - he Dobson sinks the hole for me - Hainsworth has nothing to do with it - it is between D- and me - hopes the hole will be down so as to shew the stone sufficiently for letting in 2 or 3 months - I at liberty to let the stone as I like - no way bound to Dobson - on leaving him saw Wombersley [Womersley] mending up his wall against me - long talk - mentioned that there would now be another quarry to let and I intended letting the farm with it - W- said he would bid for them both - tired of where he is Mr. Machan’s farm - pays 50 guineas a year the house in very bad repair and she will lay nothing out - 24D.W. of which 8 at the top of Beacon hill 3 a delf hill and worth nothing - the farm not worth more than £40 per annum - paid £60 at first but the stone quarry at 1/6 per yard very reasonable - looked into the hole Freeman made in Little marsh land - W- valued the stone now shewn (but it is where it is skirting out) at 3/6 per yard - shewed me into house - thought the farm worth £1500, the coal worth £20 per D.W. owned there would be £200 or £300 to lay out immediately so that as I said £1500 quite enough to give for the farm - said I would give Mrs. M- that and pay her 4 p.c. for the money if she liked -or  I would buy the coal at a reasonable prince - but what I offered Mr. Rawson was sure to offer more tho’ he did not come down with the money - talked of his buying Samuel Hall’s coal - W- did not seem to know that SH- could sell it during his life-  W. said I ought to buy the field Haigh was quarrying up to Joseph Hall’s - it would farm nicely with Joseph Hall’s - 6D.W. - all the stone got - belongs to Miss Shann of Tadcaster now living at Thorparch [Thorp Arch] - the coal would suit me - I merely said Mr. Rawson ought to buy it –

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home at 12 - found Flather and Benjamin Fletcher waiting for me - had not taken David Booth to see what he wanted - preferred seeing me 1st - wanted me to promise new house and barn - which I declined - said I would do what was reasonable - get water to the place if I could, and put the place in good repair - but would promise nothing more till David Booth brought me an estimate of what was wanted and what it would cost - said however that I was satisfied with the man’s character and had no doubt of our agreeing - then with A- she went rode to Cliff hill soon after 2 and having walked with me to the Lodge I went to Mark Hepworth in the paddock - he said each cart brought 1 square yard of manure and 1 square yard = 1 ton worth 6/6 at H-x and 1/. per ton carting from there to the paddock - he would put 8 loads on a D.W. thought I was laying on about ½ that - too thin - I said I would have no more laid on than the dunghill from under the lime tree - I guessed there would be 30 loads - Mark thought 17 - It seems there were 38 loads Mark said they reckoned 3/6 per D.W. spreading - the paddock would take one man 6 Days - this manuring ought to last 2 years - H-x stuff (necessary stuff) would always force a crop but worth nothing after the 1st year - Mark would not pay anything for it for tenant-right as tillage - valued the fog at £3 tho’ I said the paddock was 4D.W. owned he had paid Hannah 50/. last year for 3D.W. of fog not ½ as good as this - would have [eaten?] it off for a week before putting on the manure, but I wanted the manure out of the way - he said it would be fit to turn into in 4 or 5 weeks from this time - I said the manure should be spread tomorrow - I should value it at 20/. per D.W. - with Wood and Jack at the pool - the Low fish leaks as much as even could near the water escape from this end about ½ way between the cistern and 1st sycamore tree - the water 6 or 8 in. lower than at 3pm yesterday - came in at 6 ¾ - dinner at 6 50 - coffee - sat talking to A- then both asleep till about 9 - then (the 20 minutes in the drawing room with my aunt )wrote all the above of today till 10 10 - note (letter) tonight from Mr. Adam - Mr. Parker from home - thinks I mistook his note of yesterday - he is in doubt about the £800 thinks Mr. Graham should get an opinion before any money is paid - will write to Mr. Turner to get an opinion -sat downstairs with A- in the north dining room from 10 till 10 40 reading the newspaper - fine but dullish day and shower between 5 and 6 - F60° now at 10 40 pm rainy night at 11 -