W.A.P. has had the proofs of Tait's papers and returned them to the press. Urges haste in returning to him the proof of P.G.T.'s problem paper which he sent two or three days ago. 'It is very hard to work in this delightful weather, Even law almost loses its attractions.'
'The Antigone [presumably The Antigona of Tommaso Traetta (1727-79)] was performed last night for the second time at the U[niversity of] C[ambridge] M[usic] S[ociety]. In the second part, Coleridge [Arthur Duke Coleridge] and Gardiner [probably William Dundas Gardiner, but conceivably Frederick Alexander Gardiner] were in great glory.'
'We have a Sardinian Count here in College for a day or two. A young man, very jolly but awfully polite. His bows are most Portentous.'