In the morning my brother called on me in his way to Horsebridge Fair, but did not stay… I dined on a breast of mutton boiled and then broiled. Mrs Carman and her daughter, Dame Merricks and Dame Braizer, buying some things in the shop, drank tea with me. At home all day and very busy.
In the evening Mr Tipper and I played a few games of cribbage; I won 3d. What a cheerfulness does business add to the temper when it flows in plentifully. My servant sat up with Bett Bridgman, who is very ill. Thomas Durrant lodged with me.