Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries: Volume 17, page 73, July 20, 1861

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Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries: Volume 17, page 73, July 20, 1861

Gunn, Thomas Butler, 1826-1903

1861-07-20

Describes his visit with George Bolton in Canada. Transcription: 64 Odious Suspicions. of her [Sarah Conworth Bolton]. But I could not but remember that he [George Bolton] has frequently spoken of his lost wife as much in connection with her usefulness, as a mistress of a house, as of a loving, self-sacrificing woman. Talking of her I said that I hated to think of the poor girl's life — it appeared one d____d martyrdom. George said they were very happy together during their marriage. I hope so. But with his taciturnity and Bolton selfishness, if that poor Sarah ever had an healthy inhalation of unreserved affection — well, God forgive all of us! When she died, George suspected the people in the house of improving the opportunity by prying into and stealing from her closets and drawers! He has a wholesome impression that all people are mean, and that most of them will thieve! He cautioned me about the contents of my trunk, in e saying that he didn't know but that the father of his little housekeeper would tell her to pilfer; as far as I can discover a wholly gratuitous suspicion. She is one of a family of five girls, of Scotch birth; her father, a widower, keeps a turnpike, near Paris, plays on fiddles of his own making, and the girls work hard and knit of evenings, while one of them reads aloud some story. They, in common with the vicinity, were greatly exercised by Wilkie Collins' "Woman in White," republished in the Toronto "Globe." The turnpike-

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