January 1st (Lord's day). Lay long in bed, having been busy late lastnight, then up and to my office, where upon ordering my accountsand papers with respect to my understanding my last year's gains andexpense, which I find very great, as I have already set down yesterday.Now this day I am dividing my expense, to see what my clothes and everyparticular hath stood me in: I mean all the branches of my expense. Atnoon a good venison pasty and a turkey to ourselves without any bodyso much as invited by us, a thing unusuall for so small a family of mycondition: but we did it and were very merry. After dinner to my officeagain, where very late alone upon my accounts, but have not brought themto order yet, and very intricate I find it, notwithstanding my care allthe year to keep things in as good method as any man can do. Past 11o'clock home to supper and to bed.
2nd. Up, and it being a most fine, hard frost I walked a good way towardWhite Hall, and then being overtaken with Sir W. Pen's coach, went intoit, and with him thither, and there did our usual business with theDuke. Thence, being forced to pay a great deale of money away in boxes(that is, basins at White Hall), I to my barber's, Gervas, and there hada little opportunity of speaking with my Jane alone, and did give hersomething, and of herself she did tell me a place where I might come toher on Sunday next, which I will not fail, but to see how modestly andharmlessly she brought it out was very pretty. Thence to the Swan, andthere did