Quiet Day in Siena

Father’s birthday today.*

I did not eat any breakfast. Mrs. Clements came in to see me. She was very kind, bright and pleasant. Helen went out for a while. I read the Outlook for April 25th.

I had soup, two eggs, and sieved pears for lunch. Afterwards Helen and I had a good nap. I got up after four. It was 5:10 before we went out. We carried my books with us and found a shady seat where we sat and waited for the band concert which was scheduled to begin at 6 but was over half an hour late. I enjoyed seeing the crowds of children prettily dressed and also the older people.

We had to come in, as it was dinnertime. After dinner we sat in the salon talking with Mrs. Clements and her daughter and with Mrs. And Miss. O. Came upstairs about ten and wrote up this diary.

*Richard Bowers Thurston, born June 28, 1819 in Charlestown, Massachusetts.