January 1st, Lay with my wife at my Lord's lodgings, where I have beenthese two nights, till 10 o'clock with great pleasure talking, then Irose and to White Hall, where I spent a little time walking among thecourtiers, which I perceive I shall be able to do with great confidence,being now beginning to be pretty well known among them. Then to my wifeagain, and found Mrs. Sarah with us in the chamber we lay in. Amongother discourse, Mrs. Sarah tells us how the King sups at least four or[five] times every week with my Lady Castlemaine; and most often staystill the morning with her, and goes home through the garden all aloneprivately, and that so as the very centrys take notice of it and speakof it. She tells me, that about a month ago she [Lady Castlemaine]quickened at my Lord Gerard's at dinner, and cried out that she wasundone; and all the lords and men were fain to quit the room, and womencalled to help her. In fine, I find that there is nothing almostbut bawdry at Court from top to bottom, as, if it were fit, I couldinstance, but it is not necessary; only they say my Lord Chesterfield,groom of the stole to the Queen, is either gone or put away from theCourt upon the score of his lady's having smitten the Duke of York, soas that he is watched by the Duchess of York, and his lady is retiredinto the country upon it. How much of this is true, God knows, but it iscommon talk. After dinner I did reckon with Mrs. Sarah for what we haveeat and drank here, and gave her a crown, and so took coach