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THE CHARMOUTH CONYALESCENT HOME. 123
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" Here Here Healing Are Soft Hands Dews ...
f t aces wo unemp which loyed were , in yet arm placid -chairs , and , showing the remainder traces of busil suffering y at work upon , _,
sewing and chattering as fast as they could ! u They laugh , l oud t some alk , and intere sing sting , " said book the chosen matron from ; our t excellen hen one t reads library out ;
week and some a kind times lad t he clergyman lives close comes byand to read who to takes them the , or greatest , once a
interest , in their welfare . " , Two children rushing round the garden came p matron laying over
laug the law hed as , and they clasp shouted ing their out li they ttle arm had s caug round ht the her ! We t , could who t
together belong hardly ing believ , in to ord the e er that H to these cheer , till and merry she amuse told litt us le the what ones children romps could who th be ey were all had at
stay firs the t grown out very often - weakl up g all y irl . s day and u I in n women the return garden , to these take ei heal tiny ther thy patients lay exercise ing encourage ga , thering and to
, p , favourite flowers , gardening arbourwe , or also sitting often out have as tea you " see them now . In our
when Whils we t were thus recognized exp , laining , b she y a g drew irl of us ei . close ghteen to for the whom merry we part had y , v
improvemen forward obtained t admission o t speak of her to a heal us short , th and and time as tonished b efore ts , . which us She by joy t he full y y evident visible came
to us who knew her well . There was in her face as well as In no those twithstanding of her companions the air , of such languor a calm and , conten delicacy ted apparent expression in ,
harassed several , _Jan and d we unhappy remembered in her own how home often , we not had from seen her our sufferings protege ,
but brance from u her their being exertions forced to for return her living to her parents and rejoiced as an to incum think
that her pon mind could be freed from such a ; load of anxiety . The matron assured us that she considered this total cessation and
occu worr p y , t j ions oined , the to cause entire of rest more from than work half , and the p good lenty effected of agreeabl . e f
pointed from Our the inval out end id the A corner lice beautifull now of be the gged kep garden to t sh lawn ow ; us and bounded the as view we b followed the gravel sea ,
paths the h , the arches of laure of ls roses and , rhododendron y of which some sthe were horse still -chestnuts y in blow ,
both pink g and white , and the one immen , se pink hawthorn , which kin was d considered of flowering in shrub spring seemed as the to pride have of found the garden there a .
p Every lace , whilst rows of espaliers shut out the lawn and shrubbery from the kitchen garden adjoiningwhich we were informed was
wi as th well bri filled ht autumn with vegetables flowers of as all we , kinds could . No see gentleman the garden 's place was
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The Charmouth Conyalescent Home. 123
THE CHARMOUTH CONYALESCENT HOME . 123
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1863, page 123, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101863/page/51/
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