9th. I went abroad in the garden and said my prayers in the standing.
10th. I was not well at night, so I ate a posset and went to bed.
11th. The time grew tedious, so as I used to go to bed about 8 o’clock I did lie a-bed till 8 the next morning.
14th. I made an end of my Irish stitch cushion.
15th. My Lord came down to Buckhurst. This day I put on my mourning grogram gown and intend to wear it till my mourning time is out, because I was found fault with for wearing such ill clothes.
22nd. I began a new Irish stitch cushion.
24th. We made Rosemary cakes.
Two days later Dorset arrived from Buckhurst, and they walked together in the park and the garden. “I wrought much within doors and strived to sit as merry a face as I could upon a discontented heart”; but in spite of this entry they seem to have remained on fairly friendly terms until Easter.
30th. I spent in walking and sitting in the park, having my mind more contented than it was before my Lord came from Buckhurst.
5th April. My Lord went up to my closet and said how little money I had left contrary to all they had told him, sometimes I had fair words from him and sometimes foul, but I took all patiently, and did strive to give him as much content and assurance of my love as I could possibly, yet I told him I would never part with Westmoreland. After supper, because my Lord was sullen and not willing to go into the nursery, I had Mary bring the Child to him in my chamber.