two in the evening
_ July 10th _ . To-day I went a round of calls with mother , driving round the country for over twenty miles . It was rather dull in one way and interesting in another , for I do like to see other people 's drawing-rooms and how they arrange the things . Some are all new and garish , and look as if they were never used except for an hour or two in the evening , and some are grand and stiff like a hotel , and others are all sweet and chintzy and home-like , with lots of plants and a scent of _ pot-pourri _ in china vases . That 's the sort of room I like . I mean to marry a man who belongs to a very ancient family , so that I may have lots of beautiful old furniture . Mother gave me histories of the various hostesses as we drove up to the houses .