p007_Diary of Martha Call

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Henry as before on horse back, Mrs Potter, Abbie, Emmie
and I in the buggy. It was past nine when we
returned and Aunt Osgood and Abbie both slept
with me. Abbie I should almost have thought was
Hannah herself while in bed, - she was just like
her, even to leaving her sleeve for me to button.
Saturday Aunts Osgood and Woodman took the
ten oclock train for Charlestown, and shortly after
Aunt Sarah, Aunt Hadlock and Abbie in the
buggy with Patrick dressed up and looking as nice
as any gentleman to drive, and Emmie and I in the
chaise, all set out for Mount Auburn. The ride
was beautiful, and the place was beautiful. We
had not a great deal of time to spend there, but
we saw some of the most beautiful of the monuments,
among others that of the little Binney girl, which is
now protected by glass, and another of little Frank,
the likeness of a little boy four years old, some very
large and expensive ones, and one which pleased us
greatly, was not yet put up. It was the statue of
a woman weeping over a little girl. The face of the
woman was concealed, but the hand and arm which
surrounded the child was very, very beautiful, and the
face of the child was most lovely. We also went into
the chapel there, which is a most elegant building,
the glass of the window being beautifully painted, and
making a somewhat subdued but pleasant light.