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Cranford
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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We
whispered
these
fancies
among
ourselves
in
the
evenings;
but
in
the
mornings
our
courage
came
back
with
the
daylight,
and
in
a
week’s
time
we
had
got
over
the
shock
of
Carlo’s
death;
all
but
Mrs
Jamieson.
She,
poor
thing,
felt
it
as
she
had
felt
no
event
since
her
husband’s
death;
indeed,
Miss
Pole
said,
that
as
the
Honourable
Mr
Jamieson
drank
a
good
deal,
and
occasioned
her
much
uneasiness,
it
was
possible
that
Carlo’s
death
might
be
the
greater
affliction.
But
there
was
always
a
tinge
of
cynicism
in
Miss
Pole’s
remarks.
However,
one
thing
was
clear
and
certain—
it
was
necessary
for
Mrs
Jamieson
to
have
some
change
of
scene;
and
Mr
Mulliner
was
very
impressive
on
this
point,
shaking
his
head
whenever
we
inquired
after
his
mistress,
and
speaking
of
her
loss
of
appetite
and
bad
nights
very
ominously;
and
with
justice
too,
for
if
she
had
two
characteristics
in
her
natural
state
of
health
they
were
a
facility
of
eating
and
sleeping.
If
she
could
neither
eat
nor
sleep,
she
must
be
indeed
out
of
spirits
and
out
of
health.
Lady
Glenmire
(who
had
evidently
taken
very
kindly
to
Cranford)
did
not
like
the
idea
of
Mrs
Jamieson’s
going
to
Cheltenham,
and
more
than
once
insinuated
pretty
plainly
that
it
was
Mr
Mulliner’s
doing,
who
had
been
much
alarmed
on
the
occasion
of
the
house
being
attacked,
and
since
had
said,
more
than
once,
that
he
felt
it
a
very
responsible
charge
to
have
to
defend
so
many
women.
Be
that
as
it
might,
Mrs
Jamieson
went
to
Cheltenham,
escorted
by
Mr
Mulliner;
and
Lady
Glenmire
remained
in
possession
of
the
house,
her
ostensible
office
being
to
take
care
that
the
maid-servants
did
not
pick
up
followers.
She
made
a
very
pleasant-looking
dragon;
and,
as
soon
as
it
was
arranged
for
her
stay
in
Cranford,
she
found
out
that
Mrs
Jamieson’s
visit
to
Cheltenham
was
just
the
best
thing
in
the
world.
She
had
let
her
house
in
Edinburgh,
and
was
for
the
time
house-less,
so
the
charge
of
her
sister-in-law’s
comfortable
abode
was
very
convenient
and
acceptable.
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