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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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[Picture:
We
gave
her
a
teaspoonful
of
current-jelly]
We
found
out,
in
the
course
of
the
evening,
that
Lady
Glenmire
was
going
to
pay
Mrs
Jamieson
a
long
visit,
as
she
had
given
up
her
apartments
in
Edinburgh,
and
had
no
ties
to
take
her
back
there
in
a
hurry.
On
the
whole,
we
were
rather
glad
to
hear
this,
for
she
had
made
a
pleasant
impression
upon
us;
and
it
was
also
very
comfortable
to
find,
from
things
which
dropped
out
in
the
course
of
conversation,
that,
in
addition
to
many
other
genteel
qualities,
she
was
far
removed
from
the
“vulgarity
of
wealth.”
“Don’t
you
find
it
very
unpleasant
walking?”
asked
Mrs
Jamieson,
as
our
respective
servants
were
announced.
It
was
a
pretty
regular
question
from
Mrs
Jamieson,
who
had
her
own
carriage
in
the
coach-house,
and
always
went
out
in
a
sedan-chair
to
the
very
shortest
distances.
The
answers
were
nearly
as
much
a
matter
of
course.
“Oh
dear,
no!
it
is
so
pleasant
and
still
at
night!”
“Such
a
refreshment
after
the
excitement
of
a
party!”
“The
stars
are
so
beautiful!”
This
last
was
from
Miss
Matty.
“Are
you
fond
of
astronomy?”
Lady
Glenmire
asked.
“Not
very,”
replied
Miss
Matty,
rather
confused
at
the
moment
to
remember
which
was
astronomy
and
which
was
astrology—
but
the
answer
was
true
under
either
circumstance,
for
she
read,
and
was
slightly
alarmed
at
Francis
Moore’s
astrological
predictions;
and,
as
to
astronomy,
in
a
private
and
confidential
conversation,
she
had
told
me
she
never
could
believe
that
the
earth
was
moving
constantly,
and
that
she
would
not
believe
it
if
she
could,
it
made
her
feel
so
tired
and
dizzy
whenever
she
thought
about
it.
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