Downstream

had been giving aquatic
entertainments ‘in a glass
bath’. She was, said the
Penny Illustrated Paper, a
‘captivating young lady, as
lissome as a mermaid under
water’ and, unlike Johnson’s
dive, there was ‘no pretence
of a rescue on the part of
Miss Finney, who proved
herself an exceedingly
courageous damsel . . . this
daring little Lancashire witch
walked from a neighbouring