Ima
and Mike continue their summer travels in Europe 1910.
Off Friday morning [August. 12] 10:08.
Went by trolley then to Milverton
Arrived in Kenilworth 10:40.
Drove a mile and a half to
the castle /6 d. These romantic and very beautiful ruins we saw to the best
advantage, for after a walk about them, we drove on the way to the station,
with the tilting ground, had a fine view of the whole castle, where the lake
used to be. Merwyn Tower was the scene of Amy’s life in the castle.
[Amy Robsart, wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, is the heroine
of Walter Scott’s novel, Kenilworth, which
Ima had just “reviewed” the day before.]
In Warwick, by the way, he
& the Earl of Leicester are buried.
[No,
Ima, Robert Dudley was the Earl of Leicester. Amy Robsart, his wife, is
buried at St. Mary’s Church in Oxford.]
Left Kenilworth 12:25 noon.
After innumerable changes
arrived in Ambergate at 4:30 P.M. to find that we should have to go farther in
order to coach to Haddon Hall, & Chatsworth. We spent the time there until
6:18 P.M.--walked, drank tea and admired this promising beginning of the Peak--Bought
tickets to Rowsley, but decided to get off in Matlock, 6:40 P.M. A mountainous
and beautiful place--and a nice hotel--“New Bath”--with a pleasant garden.--So
many of the lower classes seem to be traveling hereabouts--just tiny little
journeys. There is a grand piano here in Matlock.--I am aching to touch it!
This was Friday, August 12,
1910. Here the diary ends rather abruptly.
The little notebook has more
blank pages, but she did not use them.
Why?
