0 4 4
Clerk........................................0 1 0
Sexton.......................................0 1 0
Beadle.......................................0 1 0
Bell.........................................0 1 0
Six feet of ground...........................0 2 0
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Total Pounds 2 8 4
If I had the heart to give any thought to it, I should be
inclined to wish that the Church could afford to do without so
many small charges for burying poor people, to whose friends even
shillings are of consequence. But it is useless to complain; the
money must be raised at once. The charitable doctor--a poor man
himself, or he would not be living in our neighborhood--has
subscribed ten shillings toward the expenses; and the coroner,
when the inquest was over, added five more. Perhaps others may
assist me. If not, I have fortunately clothes and furniture of my
own to pawn. And I must set about parting with them without
delay, for the funeral is to be to-morrow, the thirteenth.
The funeral--Mary's funeral! It is well that the straits and
difficulties I am in keep my mind on the stretch. If I had
leisure to grieve, where should I find the courage to face
to-morrow?
Thank God they did not want me at the inquest.
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