[26] Gaskell's 'Life of Charlotte Brontë,' chap. viii.
[27] 'The Death of Leyland's African Bloodhound,' by William Dearden, author of 'The Star-Seer.' London, 1837. (Longmans.)
[28] 'Agnes Grey,' chap. i.
[29] 'Agnes Grey,' chap. i.
[30] The clock mentioned by Branwell was one that stood in a corner of the 'Snug' at 'The Bull,' inside the door of which the landlord—'Little Nosey'—used to chalk up the 'shots' of his guests.
[31] Charlotte Brontë.—Memoir prefixed to 'Wuthering Heights.'
[32] Gaskell's 'Life of Charlotte Brontë,' chap. ix.
[33] 'Pictures of the Past,' by Francis H. Grundy, C.E. (1879) p. 75.
[34] 'Pictures of the Past,' p. 75.
[35] 'Life of Charlotte Brontë,' chap. x.