To change the Current of my Thoughts, he hath renewed the Scheme for our Visit to Lady _Falkland_, which, Weather permitting, is to take Place tomorrow. 'Tis long since I have seene her, soe I am willing to goe; but she is dearer to _Rose_ than to me, though I respect her much. _Wednesday_. The whole of Yesterday occupyde with our Visit. I love Lady _Falkland_ well, yet her religious Mellanchollie and Presages of Evil have left a Weight upon my Spiritts. To-daye, we have a Family Dinner. The _Agnews_ come not, but the _Merediths_ doe, we shall have more Mirthe if less Wit. My Time now draweth soe short, I must crowd into it alle the Pleasure I can; and in this, everie one conspires to help me, saying, "Poor _Moll_ must soon return to _London_." Never was Creature soe petted or spoylt. How was it there was none of this before I married, when they might have me alwaies? ah, therein lies the Secret. Now, we have mutuallie tasted our Losse. _Ralph Hewlett_, going agayn to Town, was avised to ask whether I had anie Commission wherewith to charge him. I bade him tell Mr. _Milton_ that since we should meet soe soone, I need not write, but would keep alle my News for our Fire-side. _Robin_ added, "Say, we cannot spare her yet," and _Father_ echoed the same. But I begin to feel now, that I must not prolong my Stay. At the leaste, not beyond _Father's_ Birthday. My Month is hasting to a Close. _Sept. 21, 1643_. Battle at _Newbury--_Lord _Falkland_ slayn. Oh, fatal Loss! _Father_ and _Mother_ going off to my Lady: but I think she will not see them. Aunt and Uncle _Hewlett_, who brought the News, can talk of nothing else. _Sept. 22, 1643_. Alle Sadnesse and Consternation. I am wearie of bad News, public and private, and feel less and less Love for the Puritans, yet am forced to seem more loyal than I really am, soe high runs party Feeling just now at Home. My Month has passed! _Sept. 28, 1643_. A most displeased Letter from my Husband, minding me that my Leave of Absence hath expired, and that he likes not the Messages he received through _Ralph_, nor the unreasonable and hurtfulle Pastimes which he finds have beene making my quiet Home distastefulle. Asking, are they suitable, under Circumstances of nationall Consternation to _my owne_ Party, or seemlie in soe young a Wife, apart from her Husband? To conclude, insisting, with more Authoritie than Kindnesse, on my immediate Return.