me attempt to recover his sister's earnings....

I went this morning to inquire at the St. George's Workhouse for the
unfortunate girl I took out of the hands of the police in the park the
other day (her offence was being found asleep at early morning, and
suspected of having passed the night there), and found, to my great
distress and disappointment, that she was in the very act of starting
for Bristol.

I had, as I told you, interested dear Mr. Harness, and Mr. Brackenbury,
the chaplain of the Magdalen, about her, and when I went out of town she
seemed fully determined to go into that asylum. The chaplain of the
workhouse in Mount Street, however, has dissuaded her from doing so,
told her she would come out worse than she went in; in short, they have
despatched her to Bristol, to the care and guardianship of a poor young
sister, only a year older than herself, who earns a scanty support by
sewing; and all that remained for me to do was to pay her expenses down,
and send her sister something to help her through the first difficulties
of her return. I am greatly troubled about this. They say the poor
unfortunate child is in the family-way, and therefore could not be
received at the Magdalen Asylum; but it seems to me that there has been
some prejudice, or clerical punctilio, or folly, or stupidity at work,
that has induced the workhouse officials thus to alter the poor girl's
determination, and send her back whence she came, no doubt to go through
a similar experience as soon as possible again. God help her, and us
all! What a world it is!...

The clergyman of the workhouse called upon me to explain why he had so
advised the girl, but I did not think his reasons very satisfactory....

God bless you.

Ever yours,
FANNY.

ORCHARD STREET.

The houses at Plymouth and Exeter were wretched.... These gains, my
dearest Hal, will not allow of my laying up much, but they will prevent
my being in debt, that horror of yours and mine. I paid my expenses,
besides bringing home something, and a considerable increase of health
and strength--which is something more....

I remain in town till the end of next week, then go to Norwich, Ipswich,
and Cambridge, my midland circuit, as I call it; after which I shall
return to London. Towards the middle of August I go to York, Leeds,
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