21st July, 1872.
I remove my goods and chattels from the charming house. I found the creepers were inside.
It will take me a long time to understand English, I am afraid.
8th August, 1872.
I examine my financial position. I came to England with fifty pounds; have been here thirty days, and have lived at the rate of a pound a day. My money will last me only twenty days longer. This seems to be a simple application of the rule of three.
The thought that most Lord-Mayors have come to London with only half-a-crown in their pockets comforts me. Still I grow reflective.
25th September, 1872.
I can see that the fee I receive for the weekly letter I send to my Parisian paper will not suffice to keep me. Good living is expensive in London. Why should I not reduce my expenses, and at the same time improve my English by teaching French in an English school as resident master? This would enable me to wait and see what turn events will take.