the door & gave me
the money she had left. He said ''Well, Miss Dawes, you must have
impressed her. Look what she has paid, a whole shiner.'' He put the
money in my hand. It was very warm from his own hand, & as he gave it
to me he laughed, saying it was a hot one. I said he ought not to give me
the money, since Mrs Lewis had really been his. He said ''But you, Miss
Dawes, being up here all alone & having no-one, you make a man
remember his gentlemanly responsibilities.'' He still held my hand, that
had the coin in it. When I tried to take it from him he held it tighter, saying
''Did she show you the marks?'' I said then that I thought I heard Mrs Vincy
in the passage.
When he went I put the coin into my box, & the day passed very dull.
4 October 1872
To a house at Farringdon, for a lady Miss Wilson - brother to spirit ''58, fell in
a fit & choked. 3/-
Here, Mrs Partridge - 5 infants to spirit, namely Amy, Elsie, Patrick, John,
James, none of which lived in this world longer than a day. This lady came
wearing a black lace veil, which I made her put back. I said ''I see your
babies'' faces close to your throat. You are wearing their shining faces like
a necklace, & don''t know it.'' The necklace had a space in it however,
there was room on the thread for 2 more jewels. When I saw that, I