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'As if she had not already enough to occupy her mind [with business and legal affairs following her first husband's death in November 1852] Lady Charlotte now suddenly developed an enthusiasm for the study of Euclid, and a number of daily entries in her journal begin in the following way: '"May 4 [1853]. Down at 7. Ivor [teenaged son] has given me an hour's Euclid.'"