ref > El li ott , ▁V icky . ▁[ http :// articles . sf gate . com / 1 9 9 8 - 0 7 - 1 9 / news / 1 7 7 2 6 9 6 7 _ 1 _ p aint ings - pat ric ia - p ree ce - f lesh / 2 ▁L ives ▁La id ▁B are ▁– ▁The ▁second ▁wife ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁painter ▁Stanley ▁Sp encer ... "] ▁SF ▁Gate , ▁San ▁Francisco ▁Chron icle , ▁ 1 9 ▁July ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁accessed ▁ 2 ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 1 </ ref > ▁ ▁The ▁three ▁arrived ▁at ▁the ▁lake ▁at ▁about ▁ 4 ▁pm ▁that ▁day . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 3 , ▁Win if red ▁Isabel ▁Em ery ▁related ▁to ▁Gilbert ' s ▁bi ograph ers ▁her ▁re collection ▁of ▁what ▁happened ▁on ▁that ▁day : ▁ ▁Sir ▁William ▁Gilbert ▁was ▁teaching ▁me ▁to ▁sw im , ▁and ▁he ▁invited ▁me ▁and ▁a ▁pup il ▁of ▁mine ▁[ R uby ▁P ree ce ] ▁to ▁Gr im ' s ▁Dy ke ▁on ▁May ▁ 2 9 th . ▁We ▁met ▁him ▁at ▁H arrow ▁Station ▁and ▁mot ored ▁to ▁Gr im ' s ▁Dy ke ▁and ▁went ▁straight ▁to ▁the ▁bath ing ▁pool . ▁My ▁pup il ▁and ▁I ▁were ▁in ▁the ▁water ▁before ▁Sir ▁William ▁had ▁made ▁an ▁appearance . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁very ▁hot ▁day , ▁but ▁the ▁water ▁struck ▁very ▁cold