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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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The
next
morning
we
set
off
at
about
half-past
eight
o'clock.
It
was
a
cheerful,
sunny
morning....
We
had
a
few
showers,
but
when
we
came
to
the
green
fields
of
Wensley,
the
sun
shone
upon
them
all,
and
the
Ure
in
its
many
windings
glittered
as
it
flowed
along
under
the
green
slopes
of
Middleham
Castle.
Mary
looked
about
for
her
friend
Mr.
Place,
and
thought
she
had
him
sure
on
the
contrary
side
of
the
vale
from
that
on
which
we
afterwards
found
he
lived.
We
went
to
a
new
built
house
at
Leyburn,
the
same
village
where
William
and
I
had
dined
on
our
road
to
Grasmere
two
years
and
three-quarters
ago,
but
not
the
same
house.
The
landlady
was
very
civil,
giving
us
cake
and
wine,
but
the
horses
being
out
we
were
detained
at
least
two
hours,
and
did
not
set
off
till
two
o'clock.
We
paid
for
thirty-five
miles,
i.e.
to
Sedbergh,
but
the
landlady
did
not
encourage
us
to
hope
to
get
beyond
Hawes....
When
we
passed
through
the
village
of
Wensley
my
heart
melted
away,
with
dear
recollections--the
bridge,
the
little
waterspout,
the
steep
hill,
the
church.
They
are
among
the
most
vivid
of
my
own
inner
visions,
for
they
were
the
first
objects
that
I
saw
after
we
were
left
to
ourselves,
and
had
turned
our
whole
hearts
to
Grasmere
as
a
home
in
which
we
were
to
rest.
The
vale
looked
most
beautiful
each
way.
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