tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424364424049242300.post6969155308732524106..comments2023-06-21T18:53:11.897+10:00Comments on Pykk: two loaves and some butterUmbagollahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424364424049242300.post-75721537661862468242013-11-01T16:00:25.828+11:002013-11-01T16:00:25.828+11:00That one is interesting from a Bleak House point o...That one is interesting from a <i>Bleak House</i> point of view because she mentions her children:<br /><br />"My plan was to have apartments near the office for my children, but this did not answer—at night I must be in the Home. I gave up one child, and thought I could keep two with me; but I found the elder a source of so much anxiety, that I consented to part with him. I knew, under the honest care of Miss Galvin, of Windsor, they would be well fed, and kindly treated, and I could still keep <i>one</i>, my youngest. Some sickness among the children in the tents told me plainly my duty, still I would not, could not give him up. A lady, whose esteem I value, told me I could not, must not, risk my child's life; that I must either give up the Home, or my selfish feeling for my child: I was aware of the truth of her observation, but refused. At night, as was usual with me, I saw the girls, after they had retired to rest. Ninety-four were in that dwelling: I asked if they had any place to go to if I turned them out; not one had a place of shelter. On my return to the office, I found a poor woman waiting to ask for a white gown, to make her <i>dead bairn</i> decent. I went into my room, packed up my little fellow's wardrobe, and the next day he was at Windsor. This was the <i>last sacrifice</i> it was God's will to <i>demand</i>."Umbagollahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424364424049242300.post-42541195151407503552013-11-01T07:15:37.560+11:002013-11-01T07:15:37.560+11:00These are even better than the last batch. For a ...These are even better than the last batch. For a book with the title <i>Female Immigration Considered</i> to be remembered by even one person is a considerable achievement. Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.com