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Cranford
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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“And
you
reached
Calcutta
safely
at
last?”
“Yes,
safely!
Oh!
when
I
knew
I
had
only
two
days’
journey
more
before
me,
I
could
not
help
it,
ma’am—
it
might
be
idolatry,
I
cannot
tell—
but
I
was
near
one
of
the
native
temples,
and
I
went
into
it
with
my
baby
to
thank
God
for
His
great
mercy;
for
it
seemed
to
me
that
where
others
had
prayed
before
to
their
God,
in
their
joy
or
in
their
agony,
was
of
itself
a
sacred
place.
And
I
got
as
servant
to
an
invalid
lady,
who
grew
quite
fond
of
my
baby
aboard-ship;
and,
in
two
years’
time,
Sam
earned
his
discharge,
and
came
home
to
me,
and
to
our
child.
Then
he
had
to
fix
on
a
trade;
but
he
knew
of
none;
and
once,
once
upon
a
time,
he
had
learnt
some
tricks
from
an
Indian
juggler;
so
he
set
up
conjuring,
and
it
answered
so
well
that
he
took
Thomas
to
help
him—
as
his
man,
you
know,
not
as
another
conjuror,
though
Thomas
has
set
it
up
now
on
his
own
hook.
But
it
has
been
a
great
help
to
us
that
likeness
between
the
twins,
and
made
a
good
many
tricks
go
off
well
that
they
made
up
together.
And
Thomas
is
a
good
brother,
only
he
has
not
the
fine
carriage
of
my
husband,
so
that
I
can’t
think
how
he
can
be
taken
for
Signor
Brunoni
himself,
as
he
says
he
is.”
“Poor
little
Phœbe!”
said
I,
my
thoughts
going
back
to
the
baby
she
carried
all
those
hundred
miles.
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