25 February 1878 – 3 March 1878

Carlyle, Dr. Carlyle and I to King's Road and have our hair cut. I keep a lock of C.'s, which has still some brown in it. He says, ' Curious 1 — that head (the Doctor's) is five or six years younger than mine, the hair much whiter — softer too.' We go in omnibus to Charing Cross. C. — ' Dizzy will not be allowed by the country to go to war. People show the most complete ignorance of Russia — talk like so many raging jackasses.' We spoke of Lionel Tennyson's wedding ; going to Spain for the honeyrhoon.