Wednesday, May 28th

The morning began, noon and afternoon continued, and evening closed with thick heavy rain—wind from no particular quarter. Andy had to rig his bench in the kitchen; he glazed and put in the window there. In spite of the rain, the other men kept on work at the drain in the gully. We spent our time gossiping in the kitchen, and I, partly writing to Sophia and partly arranging the multifarious goods and chattels which lumber every corner of the house.