It seems scarcely worth while to continue my jottings. I
have so few items to note. A week ago four of our servants were dismissed. Mr.
P. thought it best to change, so he sent them away. Anakee has lived with him
25 years; he was grieved to give her up, and she wanted to stay. Old Uncle
Young manifested no pleasure at the idea of freedom. It is astonishing how
little it seems to affect them; they seem depressed rather than elated.
SOURCE: Elizabeth Preston Allan, The Life and
Letters of Margaret Junkin Preston, p. 208
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