1862 December 3 Fauquier County, Va.

[from the diary of Anne Madison Willis Ambler]

Wednesday, December 3, 1862

..This morning I determined I would not
walk but stay & enjoy reading if I could
possibly have a quiet room.  I managed
to obtain it & had a delightful time.  Oh
if I could only have a nice quiet hour or two
every morning, I would feel so much
better.  It is true I can read at night,
but that is not like reading in the morning
it prepares me for the troubles & trials of
the day so much better, But after all
I did very wrong this evening=  Persisted
in a point when I ought to have yielded -
-why will not my tongue learn silence, I
am so indiscreet == . . .
  Came to my room but did not
enjoy reading-have a very bad cold, & was
sleepy.  Went to bed early.
...
Looked for the Yankees, but none
to be seen yet.

MSS 15406