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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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We
left
behind
us,
considerably
to
the
right,
a
single
high
mountain;[82]
I
have
forgotten
its
name;
we
had
had
it
long
in
view.
Saw
before
us
the
river
Clyde,
its
course
at
right
angles
to
our
road,
which
now
made
a
turn,
running
parallel
with
the
river;
the
town
of
Lanerk
in
sight
long
before
we
came
to
it.
I
was
somewhat
disappointed
with
the
first
view
of
the
Clyde:
the
banks,
though
swelling
and
varied,
had
a
poverty
in
their
appearance,
chiefly
from
the
want
of
wood
and
hedgerows.
Crossed
the
river
and
ascended
towards
Lanerk,
which
stands
upon
a
hill.
When
we
were
within
about
a
mile
of
the
town,
William
parted
from
Coleridge
and
me,
to
go
to
the
celebrated
waterfalls.
Coleridge
did
not
attempt
to
drive
the
horse;
but
led
him
all
the
way.
We
inquired
for
the
best
inn,
and
were
told
that
the
New
Inn
was
the
best;
but
that
they
had
very
"genteel
apartments"
at
the
Black
Bull,
and
made
less
charges,
and
the
Black
Bull
was
at
the
entrance
of
the
town,
so
we
thought
we
would
stop
there,
as
the
horse
was
obstinate
and
weary.
But
when
we
came
to
the
Black
Bull
we
had
no
wish
to
enter
the
apartments;
for
it
seemed
the
abode
of
dirt
and
poverty,
yet
it
was
a
large
building.
The
town
showed
a
sort
of
French
face,
and
would
have
done
much
more,
had
it
not
been
for
the
true
British
tinge
of
coal-smoke;
the
doors
and
windows
dirty,
the
shops
dull,
the
women
too
seemed
to
be
very
dirty
in
their
dress.
The
town
itself
is
not
ugly;
the
houses
are
of
grey
stone,
the
streets
not
very
narrow,
and
the
market-place
decent.
The
New
Inn
is
a
handsome
old
stone
building,
formerly
a
gentleman's
house.
We
were
conducted
into
a
parlour,
where
people
had
been
drinking;
the
tables
were
unwiped,
chairs
in
disorder,
the
floor
dirty,
and
the
smell
of
liquors
was
most
offensive.
We
were
tired,
however,
and
rejoiced
in
our
tea.
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