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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
45
Saturday.--A
very
warm
cloudy
morning,
threatening
to
rain.
I
walked
up
to
Mr.
Simpson's
to
gather
gooseberries.
It
was
a
very
fine
afternoon.
Little
Tommy
came
down
with
me.
We
went
up
the
hill,
to
gather
sods
and
plants;
and
went
down
to
the
lake
side,
and
took
up
orchises,
etc.
I
watered
the
garden
and
weeded.
I
did
not
leave
home,
in
the
expectation
of
Wm.
and
John,
and
sitting
at
work
till
after
11
o'clock
I
heard
a
foot
at
the
front
of
the
house,
turn
round,
and
open
the
gate.
It
was
William!
After
our
first
joy
was
over,
we
got
some
tea.
We
did
not
go
to
bed
till
4
o'clock
in
the
morning,
so
he
had
an
opportunity
of
seeing
our
improvements.
The
buds
were
staying;
and
all
looked
fresh,
though
not
gay.
There
was
a
greyness
on
earth
and
sky.
We
did
not
rise
till
near
10
in
the
morning.
We
were
busy
all
day
in
writing
letters
to
Coleridge,
Montagu,
etc.
Mr.
and
Miss
Simpson
called
in
the
evening.
The
little
boy
carried
our
letters
to
Ambleside.
We
walked
with
Mr.
and
Miss
S.
home,
on
their
return....
We
met
John
on
our
return
home.
Monday
9th.--In
the
morning
W.
cut
down
the
winter
cherry
tree.
I
sowed
French
beans
and
weeded.
A
coronetted
landau
went
by,
when
we
were
sitting
upon
the
sodded
wall.
The
ladies
(evidently
tourists)
turned
an
eye
of
interest
upon
our
little
garden
and
cottage.
Went
round
to
Mr.
Gill's
boat,
and
on
to
the
lake
to
fish.
We
caught
nothing.
It
was
extremely
cold.
The
reeds
and
bullrushes
or
bullpipes
of
a
tender
soft
green,
making
a
plain
whose
surface
moved
with
the
wind.
The
reeds
not
yet
tall.
The
lake
clear
to
the
bottom,
but
saw
no
fish.
In
the
evening
I
stuck
peas,
watered
the
garden,
and
planted
brocoli.
Did
not
walk,
for
it
was
very
cold.
A
poor
girl
called
to
beg,
who
had
no
work,
and
was
going
in
search
of
it
to
Kendal.
She
slept
in
Mr.
Benson's
...
and
went
off
after
breakfast
in
the
morning
with
7d.
and
a
letter
to
the
Mayor
of
Kendal.
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