Burns announced, "We have arrived at Liverpool!" It
steaming up the river, and it was pretty to watch the lights and the dim
_20th._--After a tremendous bustle at Custom House, where our
in the train across country for Suffolk. We wished a hearty good-bye to
her sevenchildren among her great deal boxes, _screwed down_ (for
look at the Custom House officials opening them all--thanks to the
thoroughly enjoyed our quiet smooth journey.html">journey.html">journey. All the time we had a
at Birkenhead), and we only changed twice, having our luncheon
o'clock.html">clock.html">clock, where the carriage was waiting, and found dear Edward, Lisa,
but returned after dinner when they heard of our arrival. It was so
large comfortable bed, and how thoroughly I enjoyed it, and the quiet
to-morrow. I never lost anything during my whole journey, excepting two
that horrid cook hiding them; but on this journey from Liverpool, my
could not be found, though I telegraphed, &c., at once; this is an
_P.S. to my Diary._--I spent a fortnight of complete rest and
the time with a bad cough and derangement of liver; notwithstanding, it
that dear old house.html">house!
On _Saturday, 3rd January_, soon after my return from Weston, when
and Rosa arrived to tell me that the whole house, excepting the study
o'clock! A large children's party had been given Friday evening, and
till half-past one o'clock. The fire broke out at a quarter to three
leave their bedrooms with only the clothes on their backs, and for some
though it was bitterly cold. Thank God, no one was hurt, and as the.
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