Thursday 2 July 2015

Astonishment and terror

On Thursday died (as was supposed) Mrs. Margaret Carpenter, journey-woman to Mr. Smith, livery lace-maker in Little Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields; and on Friday she was properly laid out, in order to be interred tomorrow; when on Friday night, to the astonishment and terror of the whole family, she came down stairs stark naked, having only been in a trance; as soon as the surprize was over, they put her into a warm bed, and gave her comfortable things for her refreshment; she said she was bitter cold; but her situation so shocked her, that she did not survive above a day or two.

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