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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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In
a
few
minutes
tea
was
brought.
Very
delicate
was
the
china,
very
old
the
plate,
very
thin
the
bread
and
butter,
and
very
small
the
lumps
of
sugar.
Sugar
was
evidently
Mrs
Jamieson’s
favourite
economy.
I
question
if
the
little
filigree
sugar-tongs,
made
something
like
scissors,
could
have
opened
themselves
wide
enough
to
take
up
an
honest,
vulgar
good-sized
piece;
and
when
I
tried
to
seize
two
little
minnikin
pieces
at
once,
so
as
not
to
be
detected
in
too
many
returns
to
the
sugar-basin,
they
absolutely
dropped
one,
with
a
little
sharp
clatter,
quite
in
a
malicious
and
unnatural
manner.
But
before
this
happened
we
had
had
a
slight
disappointment.
In
the
little
silver
jug
was
cream,
in
the
larger
one
was
milk.
As
soon
as
Mr
Mulliner
came
in,
Carlo
began
to
beg,
which
was
a
thing
our
manners
forbade
us
to
do,
though
I
am
sure
we
were
just
as
hungry;
and
Mrs
Jamieson
said
she
was
certain
we
would
excuse
her
if
she
gave
her
poor
dumb
Carlo
his
tea
first.
She
accordingly
mixed
a
saucerful
for
him,
and
put
it
down
for
him
to
lap;
and
then
she
told
us
how
intelligent
and
sensible
the
dear
little
fellow
was;
he
knew
cream
quite
well,
and
constantly
refused
tea
with
only
milk
in
it:
so
the
milk
was
left
for
us;
but
we
silently
thought
we
were
quite
as
intelligent
and
sensible
as
Carlo,
and
felt
as
if
insult
were
added
to
injury
when
we
were
called
upon
to
admire
the
gratitude
evinced
by
his
wagging
his
tail
for
the
cream
which
should
have
been
ours.
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