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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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...
It
is
now
eight
o'clock;
I
will
go
and
see
if
my
swallows
are
on
their
nest.
Yes!
there
they
are,
side
by
side,
both
looking
down
into
the
garden.
I
have
been
out
on
purpose
to
see
their
faces.
I
knew
by
looking
at
the
window
that
they
were
there....
Coleridge
and
William
came
in
at
about
half-past
eleven.
They
talked
till
after
twelve.
Wednesday,
30th
June.--
...
We
met
an
old
man
between
the
Raise
and
Lewthwaites.
He
wore
a
rusty
but
untorn
hat,
an
excellent
blue
coat,
waistcoat,
and
breeches,
and
good
mottled
worsted
stockings.
His
beard
was
very
thick
and
grey,
of
a
fortnight's
growth
we
guessed;
it
was
a
regular
beard,
like
grey
plush.
His
bundle
contained
Sheffield
ware.
William
said
to
him,
after
we
had
asked
him
what
his
business
was,
"You
are
a
very
old
man?"
"Aye,
I
am
eighty-three."
I
joined
in,
"Have
you
any
children?"
"Children?
Yes,
plenty.
I
have
children
and
grand-children,
and
great
grand-children.
I
have
a
great
grand-daughter,
a
fine
lass,
thirteen
years
old."
I
then
said,
"Won't
they
take
care
of
you?"
He
replied,
much
offended,
"Thank
God,
I
can
take
care
of
myself."
He
said
he
had
been
a
servant
of
the
Marquis
of
Granby--"O
he
was
a
good
man;
he's
in
heaven;
I
hope
he
is."
He
then
told
us
how
he
shot
himself
at
Bath,
that
he
was
with
him
in
Germany,
and
travelled
with
him
everywhere.
"He
was
a
famous
boxer,
sir."
And
then
he
told
us
a
story
of
his
fighting
with
his
farmer.
"He
used
always
to
call
me
bland
and
sharp."
Then
every
now
and
then
he
broke
out,
"He
was
a
good
man!
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