A Journal of the Plague Year Part 15

In which the futility of shutting up infected houses is meticulously examined, revealing the clandestine escapes and concealments that undermined such measures and rendered them ineffective against the swift and secret spread of the plague. The narrative then turns to the profound despair and altered behaviours of the afflicted city’s inhabitants, including a surprising mingling of denominations in worship, illustrating how the shadow of death temporarily softened long-standing divisions among men.