‘The three or four latest born, it is true, look as if they had been checked in their growth for want of full nourishment.’ -Dorothy Wordsworth

Despite the emotional shock of losing their parents, the Green children all appeared to be in good health—except for the youngest.

Dorothy worried that baby Hannah seemed bereft without her mother and ‘was ready to follow her into tranquil peace.’

Dorothy Wordsworth, A narrative concerning George and Sarah Green of the Parish of Grasmere addressed to a friend, 1808 (DCMS 64)

The Wordsworth Trust, bequest of the Wordsworth family, 1935