to the Delta Office, where I
found Hamilton.   Anon came
Tracy.    A debate about the ine-
vitable question of the war and the
end of it.      A clammy, hot day, with
a heavy shower of rain or two.    To
hotel with Hamilton.       Mr Ripley
in rotunda.    Upstairs.     In Howells
room.     To Dr Crane�s.    With him
to the Richelieu in Custom House
St, there to dine.      Returning met
Ripley.   To St Charles.      Drinks
in Howell�s room where he, Schell
and Ripley played euchre, and
I read an old Christmas number
of Dickens.   Down stairs at dusk
and with Howell to sup at Wibel�s.
Anon in rotunda.   Most of the fel-
lows off to the French opera to see
La Dragon de Vellars.        Saw Boyn-
ton � talked with Noyes, once of