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Returned from his visit to Robert Heath this morning; Mr. Heath's two neices, daughters of his two sisters, were there; they went to church at Weaverham on Sunday morning; saw Dick Ashton and his wife; the village was very pretty; he and Robert Heath walked around his property that afternoon; he told Mr. Heath that he should marry; Mr. Heath said that he should live in the country like he does, does not think he would like to live in the country; paid for the Port wine which will be shipped soon; Master Willie [William Edward Bold] went back to school today; his mother [Laura] was not feeling well and went to bed early; plans to go on a trip to Wales with Elizabeth and to visit the area around Mt. Snowden with Miss Barbara Jones; Mary Bold will fo to London with him and stay with Ann Hamilton; they will probably leave on 15 May; Mr. Phillips, the old squire at Garendon Park, died; his property will not go toi Roman Catholics; (29 [April]) Mr. J.W. Cropper is disabled by gout; Laura is feeling better; Elizabeth is excited about the trip to Wales; is glad that Tobin has so many letters of introduction and that he will be well provided for; still wishes he was not going; is glad that Harriet [Ludlow] is well; hopes that Nan Maury is too; will give the photograph of Rutson to Elizabeth B[old]; is opposed to her idea about the two of them moving to Liverpool; thinks it is too late in life to make a major move; thinks that on account of the war, it would be better for him to go back to America. 6 pp. ALS