Watched the next episode of 'City of Vice' the other night - all about finding out who murdered a priest. Turned out that one of the Bow Street Runners had an alter ego as 'Jamaican Mary' and was having an affair with the murderer, who in fact had only killed to protect his friend. Interesting look at the costumes worn by the various fops of the time, and fake marriages between the men in molly houses, who would simulate intercourse after the ceremony,then 'giving birth' to a 'baby' doll. A very well made programme. I did not know before that Henry Fielding who wrote 'Tom Jones' and his brother John started the Bow Street runners.
Managed to sort out 90 ground rent demands, hand written, and at least 20 envelopes also handwritten as the template does not fit the size of labels, despite attempts at modifying this by several people. Fortunately the other 60 addresses have been adapted which made things a bit easier. We are in the process of selling the freeholds, so with any luck I will not need to repeat this boring task. It takes a long time to do because some people pay ground rent in advance, some are in various stages of arrears, and many live elsewhere, so you have to link the properties with the owners who sometimes own several flats and may live abroad. Romy's husband has a birthday today and they are planning all sorts of things to celebrate so I hope all goes well.
A package arrived from La Redoute today, containing a couple of quite decent skirts and a dress. Now I know their stuff is OK may order more. The quality is certainly better than most of the English mail order stuff.
Must feed the evil Malvolio, who is clawing me on the thigh in an attempt to get my attention. It has worked, vile cat.
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