2. What is happening in each picture?

1. Samuel Pepys is freezing in his bedroom. The room is cold, so he wears several layers of clothes and lights candles.

2. He buys a watch because he does not know the time at night.

3. He looks at ships on the river and describes the busy scene.

4. A portrait of his wife is being painted.

5. A great fire is burning in London, and people are trying to put it out.

6. Pepys and his wife bury their valuable possessions to protect them from the fire.