"Surely," I thought to myself, "this brother of Oscar's is not beginning well! First, the daughter takes offense at him, and now the father follows her example.

Even on the other side of the Atlantic, Mr.
Nugent Dubourg exercises a malignant influence, and disturbs the family tranquillity before he has shown his nose in the house!" Nothing more that is worth recording happened on that day.

We had a very dull evening.

Lucilla was out of spirits.

As for me, I had not yet had time to accustom myself to the shocking spectacle of Oscar's discolored face.