There was no frost last night + the day was dull + cold + wet after 1 or 2 it rained or drizzled. I had thought of a run somewhere but the weather outlook was discouraging. Made 7 town calls cycling + that was all + called for Nancy.1 A letter from Mrs Allen2 [?] came to Helen3 + I forwarded it. Spent the afternoon at the Record cards + finished [the letter] O. Pulled some lovely roses in garden + with Montbretia + fuschias made up a dish for diningroom.
1 Agnes Amelia ‘Nancy’ Roberts née Muir (1878-1948), Dr Muir’s second daughter, who had recently been diagnosed with Exophthalmic goitre or Graves Disease.
2 Conceivably Catherine Ellen Allen née Green, mother of Peter Muir Spurgeon Allen (1914-2005), the boy who had stayed with the Muirs at Selkirk in 1922.
3 Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper, who had been away from Selkirk for a long time since she and Dr Muir travelled south to stay with Muir relations in Surrey on 16 July 1923.
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/26, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1923]
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