ou she demeurs now, and did charge her para say nothing
of me that I had vu elle, which she did promise, and
so with my heart full of surprize and disorder I away,
and meeting with Sir H. Cholmley walked into the Park
with him and back again, looking to see if I could
spy her again in the Park, but I could not. And
so back to White Hall, and then back to the Park with
Mr. May, but could see her, no more, and so with W.
Hewer, who I doubt by my countenance might see some
disorder in me, we home by water, and there I find
Talbot Pepys, and Mrs. Turner, and Betty, come to
invite us to dinner on Thursday; and, after drinking,
I saw them to the water-side, and so back home through
Crutched Friars, and there saw Mary Mercer, and put
off my hat to her, on the other side of the way, but
it being a little darkish she did not, I think, know
me well, and so to my office to put my papers in order,
they having been removed for my closet to be made clean,
and so home to my wife, who is come home from Deptford.
But, God forgive me, I hardly know how to put on
confidence enough to speak as innocent, having had
this passage to-day with Deb., though only, God knows,
by accident. But my great pain is lest God Almighty
shall suffer me to find out this girl, whom indeed
I love, and with a bad amour, but I will pray to God
to give me grace to forbear it. So home to supper,
where very sparing in my discourse, not giving occasion
of any enquiry where I have been to-day, or what I
have done, and so without any trouble to-night more
than my fear, we to bed.
14th. Up, and with W. Hewer to White Hall, and
there I did speak with the Duke of York, the Council
sitting in the morning, and it was to direct me to
have my business ready of the Administration of the
Office against Saturday next, when the King would
have a hearing of it. Thence home, W. Hewer
with me, and then out with my own coach to the Duke
of York’s play-house, and there saw “The
Impertinents,” a play which pleases me well
still; but it is with great trouble that I now see
a play, because of my eyes, the light of the candles
making it very troublesome to me. After the
play;: my wife and I towards the Park, but it
being too late we to Creed’s, and there find
him and her [his wife] together alone, in their new
house, where I never was before, they lodging before
at the next door, and a pretty house it is; but I
do not see that they intend to keep any coach.
Here they treat us like strangers, quite according
to the fashion—nothing to drink or eat,
which is a thing that will spoil our ever having any
acquaintance with them; for we do continue the old
freedom and kindness of England to all our friends.
But they do here talk mightily of my Lady Paulina
making a very good end, and being mighty religious
in her lifetime; and hath left many good notes of sermons
and religion; wrote with her own hand, hand, which
nobody ever knew of; which I am glad of: but
she was always a peevish lady. Thence home, and
there to talk and to supper and to bed, all being
very safe as to my seeing of poor Deb. yesterday.