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Capn Waldegrave took his family
on the continent- we went
thro' France into Italy we
had scarcely been fifteen
days in France when we loss
their dear eldest daughter
of dysentry which was then
prevalent at St Quinten
the eldest boy was nearly
gone but Sir Charles Brown
an english physician
who proved to be a friend
of the late Earl of Waldegrave
cause to was providentially led
thro' the town and met by
Capn Waldegrave came to
the inn prescribed for
him and he was spared
The dear little girl was ten
derly attached to me. I think
I could not have loved any
one more. The moment she was
dressed she left her home &
we generally passed our
time together sad was the
journey to me, after she left.
My mind constantly drawn
to Bedford, hoping to retreat
to the Srs house there, but detain
ed from mentioning my
desire, by a sense of obligation
to beloved Mrs. Waldegrave,
and the grief I knew it
would cause her, if we parted.
so there was the desire,
pent up in my own
bosom, and smoking. --
On our return in 1820,
really in 1819 the house