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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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"Alas!
the
gratitude
of
men
has,"
etc.[41]
I
went
in
to
set
her
right
about
this,
and
sate
a
while
with
her.
She
talked
about
Thomas's
having
sold
his
land.
"I,"
says
she,
"said
many
a
time
he's
not
come
fra
London
to
buy
our
land,
however."
Then
she
told
me
with
what
pains
and
industry
they
had
made
up
their
taxes,
interest,
etc.
etc.,
how
they
all
got
up
at
5
o'clock
in
the
morning
to
spin
and
Thomas
carded,
and
that
they
had
paid
off
a
hundred
pounds
of
the
interest.
She
said
she
used
to
take
much
pleasure
in
the
cattle
and
sheep.
"O
how
pleased
I
used
to
be
when
they
fetched
them
down,
and
when
I
had
been
a
bit
poorly
I
would
gang
out
upon
a
hill
and
look
over't
fields
and
see
them,
and
it
used
to
do
me
so
much
good
you
cannot
think."
Molly
said
to
me
when
I
came
in,
"Poor
body!
she's
very
ill,
but
one
does
not
know
how
long
she
may
last.
Many
a
fair
face
may
gang
before
her."
We
sate
by
the
fire
without
work
for
some
time,
then
Mary
read
a
poem
of
Daniel....
Wm.
read
Spenser,
now
and
then,
a
little
aloud
to
us.
We
were
making
his
waistcoat.
We
had
a
note
from
Mrs.
C.,
with
bad
news
from
poor
C.--very
ill.
William
went
to
John's
Grove.
I
went
to
find
him.
Moonlight,
but
it
rained....
He
had
been
surprised,
and
terrified,
by
a
sudden
rushing
of
winds,
which
seemed
to
bring
earth,
sky,
and
lake
together,
as
if
the
whole
were
going
to
enclose
him
in.
He
was
glad
he
was
in
a
high
road.
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