Will you be so very Kind as to look in upon me today, Samuel went to the Athénée yesterday and says he shall not go any more - I must ask you by and bye as an act of Charity to devise some means for him but today I want to see you particularly – Lastp2night I went to rest as usual, and some time after I had been in bed I had some very horrid dreams & ultimately I heard I fancyed Abraham’s voice I told Samuel to watch for the Post man for I felt sure trouble was at hand He came & brought a letter from Mr Cookson[1] stating that poor Abrahamp3had met with a very bad accident in short had been run over with a Wagon & horses[2] that he was just going to him & every thing that could be done should be done - Mr Veerstart[3] had said a Mass for him a Month since and Mr Cookson says that about that time he altered for the better & has been very steady & industrious since - but I want to have some Prayers said forp4I know not whether to leave Bruges - do come & advise with me - I suppose Dr Ledbitter is out[4] besides you really are better able than he is to advise me - he is too ill - Mr Veerstaert says “Ask Mr Gazelle” -
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Reverend and dear Sir -
Yours very Truly
Jemima Hazeland
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[1] Mogelijk James Cookson.
[2] Abraham overleed ten gevolge van dit accident: ”On the 30th ult. by accident at Leyton Hawse, Lancashire, Abraham, eldest so, of the late Abraham Hazeland, esq., of Shaw, Wiltshire, aged 20“ (Salisbury and Winchester Journal: (08/12/1860)). Hij werd begraven op 3 december 1860 te Weeton, Fylde Borough.
[3] Jemima heeft moeite met de schrijfwijze van deze persoon. Verder in de brief schrijft ze ‘Veerstaert’. Ze verwijst naar de Felix Verstraete, pastoor van de Sint-Jacobsparochie te Brugge.
[4] William Leadbitter is nog aanwezig als vicerector van het Engels Seminarie te Brugge. Vanwege spanningen tussen hem en rector kanunnik Dessein verliet hij zijn post. Hij verbleef om gezondheidsredenen bij de Ierse Dames te Ieper. Hij vertrok op 8 februari 1861 definitief naar Engeland.