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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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[Footnote
79:
There
is
some
mistake
here.
The
Hopetoun
title
was
not
taken
from
any
place
in
the
Leadhills,
much
less
from
the
house
shaped
like
an
H.--J.
C.
S.]
We
visited
the
burying-ground,
a
plot
of
land
not
very
small,
crowded
with
graves,
and
upright
grave-stones,
over-looking
the
village
and
the
dell.
It
was
now
the
closing
in
of
evening.
Women
and
children
were
gathering
in
the
linen
for
the
night,
which
was
bleaching
by
the
burn-side;--the
graves
overgrown
with
grass,
such
as,
by
industrious
culture,
had
been
raised
up
about
the
houses;
but
there
were
bunches
of
heather
here
and
there,
and
with
the
blue-bells
that
grew
among
the
grass
the
small
plot
of
ground
had
a
beautiful
and
wild
appearance.
William
left
me,
and
I
went
to
a
shop
to
purchase
some
thread;
the
woman
had
none
that
suited
me;
but
she
would
send
a
"wee
lad"
to
the
other
shop.
In
the
meantime
I
sat
with
the
mother,
and
was
much
pleased
with
her
manner
and
conversation.
She
had
an
excellent
fire,
and
her
cottage,
though
very
small,
looked
comfortable
and
cleanly;
but
remember
I
saw
it
only
by
firelight.
She
confirmed
what
the
man
had
told
us
of
the
quiet
manner
in
which
they
lived;
and
indeed
her
house
and
fireside
seemed
to
need
nothing
to
make
it
a
cheerful
happy
spot,
but
health
and
good
humour.
There
was
a
bookishness,
a
certain
formality
in
this
woman's
language,
which
was
very
remarkable.
She
had
a
dark
complexion,
dark
eyes,
and
wore
a
very
white
cap,
much
over
her
face,
which
gave
her
the
look
of
a
French
woman,
and
indeed
afterwards
the
women
on
the
roads
frequently
reminded
us
of
French
women,
partly
from
the
extremely
white
caps
of
the
elder
women,
and
still
more
perhaps
from
a
certain
gaiety
and
party-coloured
appearance
in
their
dress
in
general.
White
bed-gowns
are
very
common,
and
you
rarely
meet
a
young
girl
with
either
hat
or
cap;
they
buckle
up
their
hair
often
in
a
graceful
manner.
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