ELIZABETH FRY, of industry. Near the close of this trying engage- ment, she was attacked by low fever, fromwhich she slowly recovered. The succeeding year a heavy blow struck Eliza- beth Fry, -a blow doubly terrible to one who, from her earliest infancy, had been accustomed to all the luxuries wealth could command. One of the houses inwhich her husband was a partner suddenly failed ; and all the evils attendant on reduced circumstances had now to be endured. The beautiful home at Plashet had to be given up ; long cherished tastes and habits and local associations had to be wrung from her heart. Her health was greatly shaken ; and as the year advanced, she was constantly con- fined to her room by a bad cough. That was a 'miserable winter in St. Mildred's Court. Her son William and her daughter-in-law were dangerously ill ; and a lady who came to assist in nursing was seized with the measles. The family were therefore obliged to retreat to the vacant house at Plashet, where, for many weeks, the sufferers were anxiously tended. Early in the following June, 1829, theyremoved to a small but commodious dwelling in UptonLane, ad- joining the Ham House grounds, the residence of Mrs. Fry's brother, Samuel Gurney, at Stratford, Essex. In 1831, Mrs. Fry had a most interesting inter- viewwith the Duchess of Kent and the youthful Princess Victoria, who received her " with much. cordiality." She was also presented to Queen 38
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