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I have spent $20 this morning in muslins -
raining hard & this is the darkest place
on a dark day that I have ever known
any thing about. I met an English clergy
man here the other day from whom I
received a note yesterday enclosing a few
little tracts for the children - he wanted
to interest me in a lad who had gone to
America to seek his fortunes & was a very
deserving youth.
Lucerne - Friday Aug 19th. Left Interlaken
Wednesday at noon with the Carringtons - nom
-inally under their care, but in reality they
were under mine - for neither spoke a word
of French, & every thing that had to be done
during the day either Margaret or I had to do.
I bought tickets for all the party while she had
the baggage weighed - & so on we managed
to get along - we soon exhausted our bread & bottle
of water & could get nothing more nourishing
until we reached this place at nearly 10 o'clock
We went to the "English House" with the C's -
it seemed too late to hunt up a Pension with
-out a gentleman, but yesterday morning
Part of Jane Bigelow Diary, 1859-1860