‘Feeling fairly rotten after the Cecil Ball + a very gay Christmas!  Paris tomorrow!  I certainly don’t relish the fact. Been carpet hunting all day, with lunch at the Buckingham Palace Hotel, plenty to eat, else should not have enjoyed it. Going home by the Granville, sure to miss it as we are all feeling a bit slack.  No! We caught the train. Had a good dinner, my bed is yelling for me! After all, it [sic] the best place!!’