19th century lady's diary
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EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
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I left England in the autumn of 18 62 intending to try whether the South of France was really, as I had been told, a cheaper place of abode than England. I travelled for a lady in rather a peculiar fashion, for I took with me only one small, waterproof stuff bag, which I could carry in my hand containing a spare dress thin shawl to changes of every kind of underclothing, two pairs of shoes, pens, pencils, paper, the inevitable Mari and a prayer book so that I had no trouble or expense about luggage. My plan was to locate myself by the weak in any town or village that took my fancy and ramble about on foot to Botton eyes and see all that was worth seeing in the environs. And as I was a lone woman, I took for my companion, a mischievous but faithful and affectionate Scotch terrier to be my guard in my long, solitary walks, I resolved also to mix as much as possible with the people