November

Fred Walker came down after CG & I this evening, so we could not refuse to go up this evening, so by an effort we got off by 6 o'clock & were up there to tea; the Miss Groves not there; but Miss Eliza Alforth was, & Miss Agnes Bullock/ what a combination!
Charles Alforth came in later on in the evening, he appears far more sensible than I had previously given him credit for, for though somewhat of a fop he has a little of the scholar in him; Miss Agnes (we must politely bunk the other name;) is a good tempered, somewhat phlegmatic, fair featured lady of at 21 or 2; but Miss Eliza Alforth is a remarkable personage; belongs to the genus "fast"; eyes & hair of ebon blackness; the eyes brilliant & expressive; the development of a venus & clear ruddy complexion;

poor Charley's heart was lost this evening; we had dancing & then charades in which Eliza at once, tho her first attempt, made herself at home; "cham-pagne" was one word, & Harry played well in it; & "Inn-o-cent" another, Eliza making a splendid chambermaid.- It was nearly three before we broke up, & Charley & I stayed all night, causing it to be past 8 before Charley got off to the office & past 9 before I did.

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