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220 ANNALS OF NEEDLEWOMEN.
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• Chapter Iii. Poyebty Is, At All Times,...
could consistently do so , and persuaded the old lady to return home and try to herself there . When she had lefther assailants
were severel compose y reprimanded for the trouble they had g , iven , whilst it was represented to themthat age and good conduct oughtunder
any circumstances , to have , ensured more respect and consideration , . The next morning the matron received a note from Mrs . D
to to return say she to could the Institution not make up and her ~ b egge mind & , her after seat what might had not occurred be kept ,
for her . This note being , placed in my hands , I wrote at once a few lines to say I intended calling on her as soon as I could find
time , and enclosing a little pecuniary help , sent it by a messenger , with orders that she was todeliver it herself to Mrs . D——and
. , bring me word how she was . My envoy found her suffering from one of her worst attacks of illness , and lying on her back on the
floor of her room—that position affording her most relief when thus afflicted . She was in great pain , and often unable to help herself .
I was prevented at that time from paying her my intended visit , but another ladwho did soshowed her great kindness . Shortly
after I received y a most touching , note from Mrs . D- , the purport of which was to acknowledge a trifle I had sent her . She said , She
longed to see me again , but felt ashamed to face me after the temper she had exhibited at our last interview ; " She added" she
, had thought and prayed over it frequently , feeling , in a religious point of viewhow much she had sinnedand thus allowed others to
triumph over , her , and think her religious , profession only nominal . God had been so good to her in raising her up . friends , and she
now felt her ingratitude in not bearing more cheerfully such little crosses as had been placed in her ath ; she trusted I would forgive
her , but _jbegged nie as a favor to p allow her in future to have some work to do at home , where no one would quarrel with her . "
The letter was written in a humbled spirit , but still a feeling of woundecl pride might be traced throughout . I determined to
answer it in person , hoping to persuade nay old friend to accompany me backandbmyself re-establishing her among her
feUowworkers , smooth , the y awkwardness of the return , and put an end to all grievances , . Securing her addressI sought the lodging and
was directed to the topmost story of a , small but respectable house jjx _.. Street . Ascending the narrow staircase , I tapped at her
a door low and chair received by a small permission fire , and to enter started . when Mrs . D she recognized was sitting me on as
her visitor ! She appeared really distressed , " Oh , Ma ' am , what a home have found me in ! it is very kind of you to come
but poor I wish you you had let me know . " I begged she would make no , excuses , and , sitting down , questioned her as to her health , & c . " She
was much better in body , " she replied , " but very unsettled in mind T - she couldn't forget how she'd let herself down by giving way to
her temper , and she had not even the courage to go and fetch work
from H Street for fear of again encountering ridicule . " I told
220 Annals Of Needlewomen.
220 ANNALS OF NEEDLEWOMEN .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1862, page 220, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061862/page/4/
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