7th.—Walking all day, with no better success. “No vacant room” is the universal answer. I returned at dinner-time, wearied in mind and body. I have been cheered by suggestions that perhaps Mrs. _____, with a large family and small income, may take boarders; or Mrs. _____, with a large house and small family, may do the same.
“ ‘No vacant room’ is the universal answer.”—Diary of a Southern Refugee, Judith White McGuire.
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