The life and letters of James Wolfe . THE VICARAGE, RUUM WllEllE WOLFE CuUN AX WES 1 KIlH A .\I, JANUAILV 2, 1727 HENRIETTA WOLFE 7 know that both he and his brother were delicate, sensitive lads,needing and receiving the watchful care of their tall, dark-hairedmother, left much alone now, as is the common lot of a soldierswife. To-day as one roams the ancient house,^ peering into atticsand secret closets, hidden doorways in the wainscotting which onceled to mysterious compartments and convenient egresses, it is nothard to conjure up the kind of life the boys must have
The life and letters of James Wolfe . THE VICARAGE, RUUM WllEllE WOLFE CuUN AX WES 1 KIlH A .\I, JANUAILV 2, 1727 HENRIETTA WOLFE 7 know that both he and his brother were delicate, sensitive lads,needing and receiving the watchful care of their tall, dark-hairedmother, left much alone now, as is the common lot of a soldierswife. To-day as one roams the ancient house,^ peering into atticsand secret closets, hidden doorways in the wainscotting which onceled to mysterious compartments and convenient egresses, it is nothard to conjure up the kind of life the boys must have led at home. A housekeeper of the old-fashioned sort was Mrs. Wolfe. Shehad brought her husband but a slender jointure, and he hadonly his scant savings and regimental pay to live upon. So thestrictest economy, consistent with gentility, was demanded. Acomprehensive cookery book, written in her own hand, and notalways careful as to spelling, for orthography was by no means aneedful feminine accomplishment in those days, is still to be is filled, too,
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