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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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The
man
we
talked
with
spoke
much
of
the
comfort
and
quiet
in
which
they
lived
one
among
another;
he
made
use
of
a
noticeable
expression,
saying
that
they
were
"very
peaceable
people
considering
they
lived
so
much
under-ground";--wages
were
about
thirty
pounds
a
year;
they
had
land
for
potatoes,
warm
houses,
plenty
of
coals,
and
only
six
hours'
work
each
day,
so
that
they
had
leisure
for
reading
if
they
chose.
He
said
the
place
was
healthy,
that
the
inhabitants
lived
to
a
great
age;
and
indeed
we
saw
no
appearance
of
ill-health
in
their
countenances;
but
it
is
not
common
for
people
working
in
lead
mines
to
be
healthy;
and
I
have
since
heard
that
it
is
not
a
healthy
place.
However
this
may
be,
they
are
unwilling
to
allow
it;
for
the
landlady
the
next
morning,
when
I
said
to
her
"You
have
a
cold
climate,"
replied,
"Ay,
but
it
is
varra
halesome."
We
inquired
of
the
man
respecting
the
large
mansion;
he
told
us
that
it
was
built,
as
we
might
see,
in
the
form
of
an
H,
and
belonged
to
the
Hopetouns,
and
they
took
their
title
from
thence,[79]
and
that
part
of
it
was
used
as
a
chapel.
We
went
close
to
it,
and
were
a
good
deal
amused
with
the
building
itself,
standing
forth
in
bold
contradiction
of
the
story
which
I
daresay
every
man
of
Leadhills
tells,
and
every
man
believes,
that
it
is
in
the
shape
of
an
H;
it
is
but
half
an
H,
and
one
must
be
very
accommodating
to
allow
it
even
so
much,
for
the
legs
are
far
too
short.
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