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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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When
we
were
travelling
he
never
asked
at
the
public-houses,
as
it
might
be
there"
(pointing
to
the
"Swan"),
"what
we
were
to
pay,
but
he
would
put
his
hand
into
his
pocket
and
give
them
what
he
liked;
and
when
he
came
out
of
the
house
he
would
say,
Now,
they
would
have
charged
me
a
shilling
or
tenpence.
God
help
them,
poor
creatures!"
I
asked
him
again
about
his
children,
how
many
he
had.
Says
he,
"I
cannot
tell
you"
(I
suppose
he
confounded
children
and
grand-children
together);
"I
have
one
daughter
that
keeps
a
boarding-school
at
Skipton,
in
Craven.
She
teaches
flowering
and
marking.
And
another
that
keeps
a
boarding-school
at
Ingleton.
I
brought
up
my
family
under
the
Marquis."
He
was
familiar
with
all
parts
of
Yorkshire.
He
asked
us
where
we
lived.
At
Grasmere.
"The
bonniest
dale
in
all
England!"
says
the
old
man.
I
bought
a
pair
of
slippers
from
him,
and
we
sate
together
by
the
road-side.
When
we
parted
I
tried
to
lift
his
bundle,
and
it
was
almost
more
than
I
could
do....
After
tea
I
wrote
to
Coleridge,
and
closed
up
my
letter
to
M.
H.
We
went
soon
to
bed.
A
weight
of
children
a
poor
man's
blessing!...
Friday,
2nd
July.--A
very
rainy
morning....
I
left
William,
and
wrote
a
short
letter
to
M.
H.
and
to
Coleridge,
and
transcribed
the
alterations
in
The
Leech
Gatherer.
Sunday,
4th
July.--
...
William
finished
The
Leech
Gatherer
to-day.
Monday,
5th
July.--A
very
sweet
morning.
William
stayed
some
time
in
the
orchard....
I
copied
out
The
Leech
Gatherer
for
Coleridge,
and
for
us.
Wrote
to
Mrs.
Clarkson,
M.
H.,
and
Coleridge....
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