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Dec. 27-31
Sunday a rainy day-also Monday. Tuesday I go to town enroute for Rugby. A letter from Dave. State Secrets. He thinks there can be no reconstruction of the union. Spend several days at Rugby. See Lyd and hear all her troubles; fear I can't help her ....Wednesday the children have a dance. I join them. The music was from two fiddles and the piano. The beaux were plenty but a scarcity of girls. I had my fun. The quiet life I had at home makes me feel that I had no desire for gaiety but I find when I get a chance I get into a merry party and the old taste returns and I enjoy a dance as much as ever ....[Visits paid.] I'm in much trouble about the servants; think they are very unreasonable and troublesome. [The end of the year is the time when Louisa must make arrangements for her slaves that she has been hiring out, as the contracts all expire at the end of the year. ]
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