The Douglases and Lord Dunsany to dine with us; more people in the evening; Storys, Villamils, Macleods, &c. Were told that Madame Benjamin Constant (our neighbour au premier) had sent word that she would come down and take coffee with us: waited upon her, and found it was Benjamin himself had sent this message; accordingly he came down and stayed till eleven o’clock. Had music and sandwiches, and afterwards danced; left us between one and two.