15 Tuesday [December
1863] Early in the morning I was waked up,
and so I dressed, and when I had eaten a
hurried breakfast, Father, and I
got into the
carriage. I bid good bye to
Andover, chickens,
Mother, Bridget,
Margaret, and every-thing
else, and then we set off for the depot. Mr
Leggitt, and Mr Martin rode behind, with
the trunks, and – my luck! my hat blew
off, just because I was in a hurry. I sup-
pose, to get to the depot, and I couldn't
help laughing to see Mr Martin go scam-
pering over a field after it.
[See hand-drawn figure 50 on bottom right of page.]
But we arrived in time at
the depot, and I bid good
bye to Mr Leggitt, and Mr
Martin, and Father, and I