Day: 14 October 2017

It helps to have read Pt. 1 to see this entry in context. En route, I overheard a snatch of conversation. These can be literary gems of mystery inviting you to finish the story as your imagination allows. The two people involved were working in a sales department. One said to the other "how are things?". The second one "we have the normal number of complaints". "Still" he said reflectively "We...

Thursday 13 October 1664 After being at the office all the morning, I home and dined, and taking leave of my wife with my mind not a little troubled how she would look after herself or house in my absence, especially, too, leaving a considerable sum of money in the office, I by coach to the Red Lyon in Aldersgate Street, and there, by agreement, met W. Joyce and Tom Trice, and mounted, I upon a...