| The corpse
Written by Elizabeth K
(1/31/2010 2:40 p.m.)
in consequence of the missive, Viewing the corpse, penned by kathleen (elder)
If I am correct, the following passage confirms that the viewing was in the home: "I see your mournful party in my mind's eye under every varying circumstance of the day; and in the evening especially figure to myself its sad gloom: the efforts to talk, the frequent summons to melancholy orders and cares, and poor Edward, restless in misery, going from one room to another, and perhaps not seldom upstairs, to see all that remains of his Elizabeth (Le Faye, #59)
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