Cimitero della Misericordia (Cemetery of Mercy) Siena

Slept till 8:30. Had b’fast – afterwards went out with Helen to the market and bought some wild strawberries and was dreadfully cheated by the woman. I came back and stewed them for breakfast – tomorrow.

Helen said that I did not need to go back to Florence with her but that I could stay on here and come up later and she would go and consult the doctor and do what he said – but she would try to persuade him to let her go into Switzerland with me. The Signora will give me the room Miss Herron has. She leaves tomorrow.

Talked with the Clements awhile before lunch. Lay down after lunch and had a good sleep of 1 ½ hours – finished my family letter and mailed it.

Helen and I walked out to the cemetery of the Misericordia and saw the monuments there – the beautiful Pieta* re and walked back.



After dinner, we talked to Miss H. and Mrs. Cl., then I wrote a note to Florence and to the Italian teacher Miss H. recommended and Signora sent the maids out to mail them.

*probably the Pieta created by Giovanni Dupré in 1863 for the family tomb of the Marchese Bichi-Ruspoli in the cemetery of the Misericordia, Siena.

Florence to Siena

Did not sleep well, there were so many noises in our alley. Got up at 6:30, wrote a note to F.T. H. and sent her Marion’s letter.

Dressed and finished packing – had breakfast and started in a carriage for the train. Saw Mrs. Moore and Miss Kinney to say goodbye. We got to the station before the train was made up – 55 minutes before it left. Of course we had the window seats. We had a pleasant ride down, to my surprise reached Siena at 11:50. I accidentally saw the name or we would have gone on. As it was, I asked 3 people before I could be convinced.



Rode up to Pension Flora and were given a back room with 2 beds – everything else in the house was taken. Arranged for Miss Kinney to have a room outside and to take her meals here. Had a nice lunch. Then we lay down for two hours. Mrs. Moore’s friend, Miss Nunes, came to see about the ticket. She was very nice and kind and we went with her and exchanged the tickets she bought for us for five others for the Oudesleys, Miss Kinney and ourselves. Then we went to see her room in a pension in a palace. It has a beautiful view.



Then we went to the Church of [Santa Maria di] Provenzano where we stayed for Benediction.
Miss Nunes is a Catholic. Then she brought us up the hill – till we could see our own pension. – Mrs. and Miss Oudesley are here and came out to welcome us when we came. They have a very pleasant room. We had a nice dinner and then we went out for a stroll about the neighborhood. Coming back I wrote notes to Miss Kinney and Mrs. Moore and mailed them. “I spiek English! Goodnight! Goodbye!!”