Mina Murray/Harker’s Journal

19 August

August 19, 2016

Joy, joy, joy! Although not all joy. At last, news of Jonathan. The dear fellow has been ill, that is …

18 August

August 18, 2016

I am happy today, and write sitting on the seat in the churchyard. Lucy is ever so much better. Last …

August 17, 2016

No diary for two whole days. I have not had the heart to write. Some sort of shadowy pall seems …

August 15, 2016

Rose later than usual. Lucy was languid and tired, and slept on after we had been called. We had a …

August 14, 2016

On the East Cliff, reading and writing all day. Lucy seems to have become as much in love with the …

August 13, 2016

Another quiet day, and to bed with the key on my wrist as before. Again I awoke in the night, …