Today went reasonably well, with 538 more words bagged & tagged. Chapter 5 is looking a whole lot more fleshed out now.

The Pump Room formed the very heart of Bath society, where everyone assembled each afternoon to parade the latest fashions, compare the symptoms of their ailments, bemoan the taste of the waters, peruse the subscription book for the newest arrivals on the London coach, and, most importantly, exchange that universal currency of all watering places: gossip.