FL10409797

1866.
1866' [underscored]
Feb'y 9th. Friday. Eliza Ellis said "Mrs Roberts I wish you would speak to the girls in the laundry, they keep calling me names, and their goings on is shamefull [shameful]." what do they call you? "long Eliza" surely they did not all call you so. "no it was fat Kate." well, Eliza I am disgusted with you, here you come charging me with calling names & with the [inserted] same breath doing [sup] the [end sup] same.

Saturday. 10th. Finished all the washing, the laundresses
have worked very well,

Sabbath. 11th. about 8 oclk this morn'g a young and
beautifull [beautiful] girl drove up to the gate in a cab and
asked admittance, she said her brother Mr. Barrett
of the firm of Tickle & Barrett, George St, was very anxious to get her away from her bad companions, and had often tried to persuade her to come here, a Mr. Lewis had come with her in the cab, but got out by the Hay Market, were [where] he was waiting untill [until] the cabman would take him word if she was
admitted or not. she owned to having taken a little?
brandy before starting, or she would not have had courage to come, after [sup]our[end sup] consenting to take her, she said "I think I had better come tomorrow, and bring any clothes &c with me.' so we put her in the Comt.[Committee] room and told the cabman to tell Mr. Lewis the Matron wished to speak to him, he came in a few minutes he said he was a freind [friend] , and would do anything in his power asked if her brother would be allowed to visit her, and to corespond [correspond]. When told that relatives (who were able) were expected to contribute towards their maintenance he said he was quite willing and so would her brother be.
He left £1.0.0 to buy her a print dress or anything she
required. "would give more if that was not enough."