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Cranford
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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“She
had
always
understood
that
Fitz
meant
something
aristocratic;
there
was
Fitz-Roy—
she
thought
that
some
of
the
King’s
children
had
been
called
Fitz-Roy;
and
there
was
Fitz-Clarence,
now—
they
were
the
children
of
dear
good
King
William
the
Fourth.
Fitz-Adam!—
it
was
a
pretty
name,
and
she
thought
it
very
probably
meant
‘Child
of
Adam.’
No
one,
who
had
not
some
good
blood
in
their
veins,
would
dare
to
be
called
Fitz;
there
was
a
deal
in
a
name—
she
had
had
a
cousin
who
spelt
his
name
with
two
little
ffs—
ffoulkes—
and
he
always
looked
down
upon
capital
letters
and
said
they
belonged
to
lately-invented
families.
She
had
been
afraid
he
would
die
a
bachelor,
he
was
so
very
choice.
When
he
met
with
a
Mrs
ffarringdon,
at
a
watering-place,
he
took
to
her
immediately;
and
a
very
pretty
genteel
woman
she
was—
a
widow,
with
a
very
good
fortune;
and
‘my
cousin,’
Mr
ffoulkes,
married
her;
and
it
was
all
owing
to
her
two
little
ffs.”
Mrs
Fitz-Adam
did
not
stand
a
chance
of
meeting
with
a
Mr
Fitz-anything
in
Cranford,
so
that
could
not
have
been
her
motive
for
settling
there.
Miss
Matty
thought
it
might
have
been
the
hope
of
being
admitted
into
the
society
of
the
place,
which
would
certainly
be
a
very
agreeable
rise
for
ci-devant
Miss
Hoggins;
and
if
this
had
been
her
hope
it
would
be
cruel
to
disappoint
her.
So
everybody
called
upon
Mrs
Fitz-Adam—
everybody
but
Mrs
Jamieson,
who
used
to
show
how
honourable
she
was
by
never
seeing
Mrs
Fitz-Adam
when
they
met
at
the
Cranford
parties.
There
would
be
only
eight
or
ten
ladies
in
the
room,
and
Mrs
Fitz-Adam
was
the
largest
of
all,
and
she
invariably
used
to
stand
up
when
Mrs
Jamieson
came
in,
and
curtsey
very
low
to
her
whenever
she
turned
in
her
direction—
so
low,
in
fact,
that
I
think
Mrs
Jamieson
must
have
looked
at
the
wall
above
her,
for
she
never
moved
a
muscle
of
her
face,
no
more
than
if
she
had
not
seen
her.
Still
Mrs
Fitz-Adam
persevered.
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